kick out

verb

kicked out; kicking out; kicks out

transitive verb

: to dismiss or eject forcefully or summarily

Examples of kick out in a Sentence

kicked out of the game for using bad language
Recent Examples on the Web
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The band was kicked out of the building and has not returned to SNL since. Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025 His skating can kick out from the knees a little bit too. Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 According to a January email from Gallup-McKinley County Schools Superintendent Mike Hyatt, the number of students kicked out of the district for 90 days or longer dropped from 21 children during the 2021-22 school year to six the following year and just one last year. Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 12 Feb. 2025 The dance between the two is at the heart of Jake Brasch’s semi-autobiographical dramatic comedy about a college student who, kicked out of his theater program in New York for alcohol abuse, returns to Colorado and finds that his declining grandparents may be his lifeline. Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kick out

Word History

First Known Use

1697, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of kick out was in 1697

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“Kick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kick%20out. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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