as in to out
to drive or force out
kicked out of the game for using bad language
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Recent Examples of kick out
People can get kicked out of hotels and lose their housing assistance for repeatedly violating hotels’ policies, including by using their own cooking appliances.
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Spencer Norris, ProPublica, 24 June 2025
The next day, the complaint said, he was kicked out of the bar again and again fired shots, both at the bar and toward a group of people.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
He was put on a two-year probation by the Grand Slam Board in 2017 after insulting a female chair umpire at the U.S. Open and getting kicked out of that tournament.
—Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2025
Alright, Eva is taking over Perón’s household (read: kicking out his mistress).
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 29 June 2025
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Spencer Norris, ProPublica, 24 June 2025
The next day, the complaint said, he was kicked out of the bar again and again fired shots, both at the bar and toward a group of people.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
He was put on a two-year probation by the Grand Slam Board in 2017 after insulting a female chair umpire at the U.S. Open and getting kicked out of that tournament.
—Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2025
Alright, Eva is taking over Perón’s household (read: kicking out his mistress).
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick out
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In March, 2008, the Post published a front-page story on Eliot Spitzer, then the governor of New York, who—after cracking down on prostitution rings while serving as the state’s attorney general, from 1999 to 2006—was outed as having patronized an escort service.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Having identifying documents with gender markers that don’t appear to match how a person is presenting themself could foster an uncomfortable, sometimes dangerous, situation for people who are forced to out themselves as trans to strangers.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
6 July 2025
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Again, don’t run: Bears will chase you, just like a dog would.—
Mike Stunson
July 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 July 2025
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Two years after the Goetz incident, a white mob in the Italian American enclave of Howard Beach in New York chased 23-year-old Michael Griffith and two friends, all Black, and beat Griffith to death for simply being in their neighborhood.—
Robert Chiarito,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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In March, he was ejected in Phoenix after a dust-up with Durant.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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The seventh inning, meanwhile, saw Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake get ejected.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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The felony charges were dismissed with prejudice, meaning they can't be refiled.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
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Doctors dismissed the spider bite and didn’t give her a clear explanation.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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Nuisance reports and bear sightings peak in June and July as yearling bears are cast out on their own and work to establish a home range.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 June 2025
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There’s the emerging talents and then the ones that are still going who have a wealth of knowledge and experience and have somehow been cast out or are not the cool person.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
18 May 2025
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And Leland was banished forever to a naughty mystical closet at the silent retreat upstate.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
16 July 2025
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With billions of dollars at his disposal and tech masterminds at his service, Luthor sets out to banish Superman from Earth forever.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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And four runs off Zack Wheeler is a pretty good night at the plate for any team.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
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For an unknown reason, the man ran off the roadway, left onto the northbound shoulder, FHP said.—
Elainie Barraza,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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That didn't stop Boston's 2004 World Series champion and MLB Network analyst Kevin Millar from throwing out a hypothetical for a future Hall of Famer.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Her lawyers have asked the Supreme Court to throw out her case, arguing a non-prosecution agreement that Epstein made with federal prosecutors in Florida in 2007 allegedly barred her subsequent prosecution in New York more than a decade later.—
James Hill,
ABC News,
24 July 2025
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“Kick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20out. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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