TURFED (OUT) Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

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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Thiel mentioned the news outlet Gawker, which had recently outed him as gay.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
And what happens to someone who’s been outed like that, as a fake?

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026

Definition of outed

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The case was ultimately dismissed and Levine has denied sending the messages.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Faye dismissed Sonko as prime minister earlier this year, but Sonko’s party retained its large majority in parliament, and he was elected president of the National Assembly soon after.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of dismissed

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Calypso had been banished to live on the island of Ogygia after the Olympians defeated the Titans long ago.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Gu-cheon is joined in his mission by Saeng-gang (Crash Course in Romance’s Roh Yoon-seo), the daughter of King Ju-sang who was banished from the palace as a young girl for her ability to hear spirits.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026

Definition of banished

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Lagaʻaia, a 19-year-old from Sydney, Australia, was cast out of thousands to play — in her first major film role — the flesh-and-blood version of the chieftess-to-be first voiced by Cravalho.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
As such, the light cast out from its surface some 250 years ago is only now reaching Earth, having traveled for centuries through the near vacuum of space at the speed of light — a blistering 186,282 miles per second (299,791 kilometers per second).

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of cast out

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The trailer kicks off with Misty being kicked out of her apartment by a woman who claims the place belongs to her husband.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
And then the third reason is the older workers that are either retiring or retiring early or maybe getting kicked out of the workforce for some reason.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of kicked out

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