TURF (OUT) Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

turf (out)

verb

Definition of turf (out)

chiefly British

as in to out

to drive or force out the pub keeper doesn't hesitate to turf out anyone who gets too drunk

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The right-hander pitched in his third rehab outing Friday at Double-A Portland with 48 pitches across three innings, allowing one run and striking out four.

— Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Fans may also out the similarities of the Opticast texture to the scaly surface of the Kobe 6, but the new tech is much more advanced.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of out

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In the here and now, Kuss is still chasing a stage win at the ongoing Vuelta, a task made more difficult by his presence in the podium fight until midway through the second week.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Five weeks ago, in a two-minute drill during practice, Mahomes scrambled on fourth down but couldn’t evade a 300-pound rookie defensive tackle chasing after him.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of chase

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These will show whether the vote was a watershed moment in the demise of an anti-fascist consensus dating back to World War II, or the latest in a series of elections worldwide in which frustrated voters simply cast out incumbents.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
These are sons and daughters and children cast out, disappeared from their communities and forced to make a life in the shadows of society.

— Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of cast out

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Their situation is nothing like that of Prince Andrew, for example, who was stripped of all his titles and has now been banished to Sandringham.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Sep. 2026
Shoemaker said tribes have broad civil authority over non-Natives on tribal land, including to banish them.

— Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of banish

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