as in to boot (out)
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Laker fans were being either kicked out or asked to remove their Laker jerseys or jackets in The Wall.—
Jovan Buha,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025 -
Given that the score finished 2-2 in regular time, Ancelotti's men might have easily been kicked out of the competition at the last 16 phase but instead marched on to quarterfinals thanks to a brace from Endrick completed either side of a Fede Valverde strike.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Like many wildland firefighters, Leo was a seasonal employee, so he was laid off at the end of the 2024 fire season.—
M. R. O’Connor,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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The second month rolled around, and my roommate didn’t have her share of the rent and claimed to have been laid off.—
Harriette Cole,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Ohio State in November simply wilted under the pressure of beating their archrival and, as the cliché says, the records can be thrown out when OSU and Michigan go up against each other.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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Trump also ordered his Justice Department to take steps to throw out all pending indictments against Jan. 6 defendants whose cases have not yet been fully adjudicated — a decision that would shut down roughly 470 ongoing cases.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Boohoo has once again thwarted Mike Ashley’s bid to unseat its co-founder and executive vice chairman, Mahmud Kamani, from the board.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Leadership Contest Challenges , likely Freeland or Carney, faces the prospect of a no-confidence vote, with opposition parties united in their determination to unseat the Liberal government.—
Amir Daftari,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Chuck (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chuck%20%28out%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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