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 During the war and military draft, professors gave students higher marks to help ensure they weren’t kicked out and subsequently sent overseas. Aden Barton, Washington Post, 9 July 2024 At the bus stop in Richmond, the conversation turns to where Sunak goes from here — likely to be kicked out of Downing Street and in real danger of losing his job as a member of Parliament. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 2 July 2024 The woman wrote that her own military career ended not long after McGuire and Lehmann were kicked out of the Army. Ray Sanchez, CNN, 30 June 2024 The excursion, one of the film’s lighter and most genuinely comedic scenes, ends on a melancholy note as a panicked looking Bonnie demands that the young couple be kicked out of the car and left standing, with their burgers, on the side of some dark, distant road. Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for kick out 

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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 15 Jul. 2024.

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