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
  • Pirates reliever Camilo Doval pitched one inning of scoreless relief in the sixth before being ejected.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Cal Raleigh delivered the big blow with a game-tying three-run home run in the second inning, followed by Brendan Donovan’s go-ahead RBI single three batters later, aided by a controversial balk call that led to manager Craig Counsell being ejected.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • Fedorov, a popular minister credited with modernizing Ukraine’s armed forces and accelerating the military’s embrace of technology and drone warfare, was dismissed last month after reportedly falling out with the country’s top military commander.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Gonzalez Rogers initially dismissed the case, though the Supreme Court later took it up and ruled that consumers could sue the company.
    — Jeffrey Kopp, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • An officer chased the suspect and attempted to take him into custody.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Mendoza chased Woodaz down the field, diving to try and prevent the score but coming up empty.
    — Sam Warren, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of chased
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  • Plus a few other wackadoodles banished from labels, serving out their sentences in our nuthouse.
    — Jeff Rabhan, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Ransoms were paid, with Carlos taking much of the $50 million himself, leading him to be banished from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of banished
Verb
  • Consider heading all the way north along the sand for the pretty trails and quiet beach fronting Hanna Park, or go south to the quarter-mile-long Jax Beach Pier, where surfers catch waves and anglers cast out lines.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Schaldemose plays grieving widow Anna who returns to Hel Island to bury her late husband after his suicide, and is promptly cast out by the eccentric locals for being a symbol of bad luck and evil.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of cast out
Verb
  • That player was outside linebacker Donovan Ezeiruaku, who was kicked out of practice two weeks ago for throwing a punch.
    — Jon Machota, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Reservations are essential even at restaurants that aren't on TikTok; yes, you can be kicked out of a VIP section; and even at an afterparty, there are limits to how loud the music can go.
    — Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of kicked out
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