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kicking out

verb

present participle of kick out
as in dismissing
to drive or force out kicked out of the game for using bad language

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Recent Examples of kicking out On a recent morning in the city center, Spanish police were kicking out young boys who had slept overnight on cardboard slabs, some of them bruised and bandaged. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026 That led to teams simply kicking out of bounds to take advantage. — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 David Beckham was sent off in 1998 for kicking out at Argentina midfielder Diego Simeone, who was predictably criticized by the English media for his reaction to what appeared to be light contact. — James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026 One man was accused of then kicking out the remaining glass and trying to escape, police said in a statement. — CBS News, 11 June 2026 As the piece was about to air, Pelley said, that the segment had featured shots of protesters being aggressive in confrontations with officers, including Pretti, who was shown kicking out a taillight of a police car. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 7 June 2026 But some who attended Starmer’s speech said kicking out the man who led them to victory in 2024 would be counterproductive. — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026 But some who attended Starmer's speech said kicking out the man who led them to victory in 2024 would be counterproductive. — ABC News, 11 May 2026 Oscillating between a bumbling brute and an ironic ignoramus, Marvel Studios sees the God of Thunder more like the God of Blunder, kicking out the knees of the steady 2011 film in favour of single-digit IQ humour. — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicking out
  1. dismissing
  2. ejecting
  3. chasing
  4. banishing
  5. running off
  6. turning out
  7. throwing out
  8. expelling
Verb
  • Without billions in funding and a stadium site, the rest is flowery prose, but there is no sense in dismissing any potential bidder a year or two before the bidding opens.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • While speaking with Entertainment Weekly in September 2026, Mirren praised working with Brosnan and Hardy, dismissing rumors of tension on set with the latter.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismissing
Verb
  • Derek Gutierrez, a public affairs specialist with the 149th Fighter Wing, said the pilot received medical treatment after ejecting from the aircraft.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Out toward the edge, the star would boil unstably, sloughing off outer layers and explosively ejecting mass.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of ejecting
Verb
  • There are playbooks, touchdowns, running, passing and players chasing each other all over the field.
    — Patricia Babcock McGraw OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Produced almost exclusively by Oscar Scheller — who has crafted tracks for PinkPantheress and Lily Allen — the 12-track project finds Kelela chasing intimacy, desire and emotional refuge in the midst of an increasingly chaotic world.
    — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of chasing
Verb
  • After Hallet dies in a misguided clinic bust care of a banishing spell gone awry, the whole Owens clan is nearly destroyed.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Rhaenyra also makes the drastic decision of relieving Mysaria of her duties as master of whispers and banishing her from King’s Landing.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of banishing
Verb
  • Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian went viral following his team’s miraculous 24-23 comeback against Ohio State this past Saturday after running off from a postgame interview with ESPN’s Holly Rowe.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In the series, Cash plays Caleb Hodgekiss, an ex-con stepping in for the town’s injured Reverend with the intention of robbing worshippers and running off.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of running off
Verb
  • Gray rewarded the Red Sox for the respite with a terrific start Saturday night in what’s turning out to be the best season of his 14-year career.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The neighborhood/area Low-key and residential, dotted with independent businesses—including workshops still turning out traditional brushes, fans, and delicate woodwork.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of turning out
Verb
  • This included a fake product placement for the sauce in an episode of Bosch and one of the actors throwing out the first pitch at a minor league baseball game.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
  • How much are fines for throwing out needles improperly in NYC?
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of throwing out
Verb
  • Those include bringing the Kurdish peshmerga security forces in northern Iraq under control of the central government’s military and expelling Iranian Kurdish dissident groups and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, that have bases in the region.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The thought of the SEC expelling one of its charter members after 94 years of inclusion seems preposterous.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of expelling

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“Kicking out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicking%20out. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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