kicked out

verb

past tense of kick out
as in dismissed
to drive or force out kicked out of the game for using bad language

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Recent Examples of kicked out That player was outside linebacker Donovan Ezeiruaku, who was kicked out of practice two weeks ago for throwing a punch. — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Reservations are essential even at restaurants that aren't on TikTok; yes, you can be kicked out of a VIP section; and even at an afterparty, there are limits to how loud the music can go. — Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026 Regarding the speculation that Trinity was kicked out of the taping, however, Madix says there is no truth to the rumors. — Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026 In China, anyone who holds a position of authority is almost certainly a party member, and being kicked out of the party means the end of one’s political career. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 Mike Salmon's health improved so much under hospice care that he got kicked out. — Kim Clark, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Two men have been charged by the Tarrant County district attorney after they were kicked out of Commissioners Court last week for disrupting the meeting. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026 Schlesinger also signed an order for removal to Colombia, saying Jaramillo Grajales had waived any sort of protection from being kicked out. — Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 13 Aug. 2026 While Draper got kicked out of the house by Betty, the mother of his three children, and married his pretty young secretary, Hamm ended an 18-year relationship with actor, screenwriter and occasional collaborator Jennifer Westfeldt in 2015. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked out
  1. dismissed
  2. ejected
  3. chased
  4. outed
  5. banished
  6. cast out
  7. turned out
  8. ran off
Verb
  • Fedorov, a popular minister credited with modernizing Ukraine’s armed forces and accelerating the military’s embrace of technology and drone warfare, was dismissed last month after reportedly falling out with the country’s top military commander.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Gonzalez Rogers initially dismissed the case, though the Supreme Court later took it up and ruled that consumers could sue the company.
    — Jeffrey Kopp, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • Pirates reliever Camilo Doval pitched one inning of scoreless relief in the sixth before being ejected.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Cal Raleigh delivered the big blow with a game-tying three-run home run in the second inning, followed by Brendan Donovan’s go-ahead RBI single three batters later, aided by a controversial balk call that led to manager Craig Counsell being ejected.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • Philadelphia Police Department Smith said the suspect chased a man on the west side of 15th Street and then approached a woman jogging at 15th and Market streets.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • For three years the argument against the entire category was that this line could never flip, that each model generation would cost more than the last while revenue forever chased the compute bill.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of chased
Verb
  • Photoplay’s feature Hollywood’s Unmarried Husbands and Wives outed several of the era’s most bankable couples—Clark Gable and Carole Lombard among them—for the crime of cohabitating without paperwork.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Thiel mentioned the news outlet Gawker, which had recently outed him as gay.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of outed
Verb
  • Plus a few other wackadoodles banished from labels, serving out their sentences in our nuthouse.
    — Jeff Rabhan, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Ransoms were paid, with Carlos taking much of the $50 million himself, leading him to be banished from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of banished
Verb
  • Consider heading all the way north along the sand for the pretty trails and quiet beach fronting Hanna Park, or go south to the quarter-mile-long Jax Beach Pier, where surfers catch waves and anglers cast out lines.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Schaldemose plays grieving widow Anna who returns to Hel Island to bury her late husband after his suicide, and is promptly cast out by the eccentric locals for being a symbol of bad luck and evil.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of cast out
Verb
  • Harry Kane Kane was England’s clutch player at the World Cup, scoring a late double to avoid a disastrous early exit against DR Congo and netting what turned out to be the decisive goal from the penalty spot in England’s epic 3-2 win over Mexico.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Species once seen primarily as competitors or antagonists have turned out to be mutualists, with both parties benefiting.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of turned out
Verb
  • The gunman ran off, but 18-year-old Iyahni Mcintosh was arrested nearby a short time later, cops said.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Gilbert earned Wilson’s endorsement early on and ran off of the strength of his ties to Miami Gardens.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of ran off

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“Kicked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicked%20out. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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