turfed (out)

verb

past tense of turf (out), chiefly British
as in outed
to drive or force out the pub keeper doesn't hesitate to turf out anyone who gets too drunk

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turfed (out)
  1. outed
  2. ejected
  3. dismissed
  4. chased
  5. banished
  6. cast out
  7. kicked out
Verb
  • Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Photoplay’s feature Hollywood’s Unmarried Husbands and Wives outed several of the era’s most bankable couples—Clark Gable and Carole Lombard among them—for the crime of cohabitating without paperwork.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of outed
Verb
  • The safety overhaul comes less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was ejected from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The theme park operator announced the extra safeguard less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died after being ejected from his seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
    — Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • The North has denied responsibility for the incident and dismissed Seoul's demand to apologize and remove its remaining mines.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Three weeks before the election, the chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee dismissed the case, but the AID Coalition agreed not to buy more blocks on additional flights.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissed
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  • Quarterback Ryan Rakowski of Palos Verdes High was rolling right while being chased.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Hayden said 32-year-old Lemark Jaramillo had chased a 17-year-old boy into the restaurant and was trying to stab him in retaliation for a fight that happened moments before at a nearby Chipotle.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of chased
Verb
  • These cases include the current lawsuit by CNN, MS NOW and Politico, whose journalists were banished from the White House in September.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Some ideas stay banished, while others return in new, exciting ways, giving homes a refresh that still feels familiar.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of banished
Verb
  • Lamashtu said something the patriarch couldn’t abide, and for that she was cast out of polite divine society forever and sent to make chaos among mortals.
    — Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Some hoped that labels would confront the culture of misogyny in an ecosystem that critics have long said has gone unchecked and cast out predators among their ranks.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of cast out
Verb
  • Fans who are kicked out for such conduct will be banned from attending athletic events for the remainder of the school year and are subject to university fan or student conduct policies, the league said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • How a politician gets kicked out of office in California — and who takes their spot — could soon change.
    — Kiara Adams, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of kicked out
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