kick out

verb

kicked out; kicking out; kicks out
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transitive verb

: to dismiss or eject forcefully or summarily

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Examples of kick out in a Sentence

kicked out of the game for using bad language
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Once he was even kicked out of a game while coaching his kid’s flag-football game. — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 Freedom has been in the news after he was kicked out of Wintrust Arena on Sunday night after an altercation with Sky player Natasha Cloud during the Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky game. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Mary Allison Joseph, a community organizer for KC Tenants, said 24 residents were kicked out of the apartments late last week. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 The public quickly tired of them, and voters soon welcomed back the same kinds of politicians that soldiers had kicked out. — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kick out

Word History

First Known Use

1697, in the meaning defined above

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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 1 Sep. 2026.

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