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
One of the company's most recognizable robots, Benji, has already led dance classes, delivered keynote addresses, been kicked out of a shopping mall, and built a social media following of more than 5,000 people.
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J.d. Miles, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
An angler competing in a walleye derby on Saskatchewan’s Montreal Lake was kicked out of the ice-fishing tournament Saturday after being accused of cheating.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
The mothers — who do not know each other — happened to be kicked out of Sacramento family shelters with their kids in February 2024.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
The United States kicked out the Spanish, occupied Cuba and proclaimed its desire to turn Cuba into an independent, sovereign nation-state.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
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J.d. Miles, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
An angler competing in a walleye derby on Saskatchewan’s Montreal Lake was kicked out of the ice-fishing tournament Saturday after being accused of cheating.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
The mothers — who do not know each other — happened to be kicked out of Sacramento family shelters with their kids in February 2024.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
The United States kicked out the Spanish, occupied Cuba and proclaimed its desire to turn Cuba into an independent, sovereign nation-state.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick out
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Kyle is just outing herself as a gossip and is distorting what everyone has to say to try to one-up Dorit in her own life.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
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The public quickly turned on The Sun for effectively outing Edwards.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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This is apparently so intolerable to the American public of the 1950s that he is chased out of a radio station after airing his views, whiskey bottle in hand.—
Alice Kaplan,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The Rockies want to run the bases like kids chasing an ice cream truck.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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She was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Tremblay, her daughter said, was ejected from the plane upon impact and was thrown more than 300 feet — nearly the length of a football field — before slamming and skidding onto the tarmac.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Authorities had since dismissed her lawyers’ requests to send her to a hospital for urgent treatment.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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There is a long history of women's pain being dismissed by doctors, incorrectly categorized as period pain or rooted in psychological distress.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Who would cast out the kind of characters that Tucker Carlson and company are encouraging?—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Rams eventually released him, simply cutting him loose – a franchise icon cast out into the cold.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Despite being on the city’s radar since 2022, San Jose officials failed to banish the existing building’s blight.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Finish last in the Social Darwinism of a European football league, and you’re banished to a lower division of the game.—
Andrés Martinez,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Clippers were run off the floor early by the team with the NBA’s worst record.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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Center fielder Oneil Cruz botched consecutive plays in the first inning, helping the Mets score five runs off a surprisingly ineffective Skenes (0-1), matching his career high.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Jack Hughes and Aerin Frankel, who helped lead the Team USA men’s and women’s hockey teams to gold medals at the Winter Olympics, threw out the ceremonial first pitches at Friday’s game.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The high-profile prosecutions of Comey and James were short-lived, as they were quickly thrown out by a judge who ruled that the prosecutor who brought the cases was illegally appointed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Kick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20out. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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