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Idioms: kick out


1.  Also, boot out. Throw out, dismiss, especially ignominiously. For example, George said they'd been kicked out of the country club, or The owner booted them out of the restaurant for being loud and disorderly. This idiom alludes to expelling someone with a kick in the pants. [Late 1600s]
2.  Supply, especially in a sorted fashion, as in The bureau kicked out the precise data for this month's production. [Slang; late 1900s]


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Antonyms: kick out
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Definition: get rid of
Antonyms: allow, hold, keep


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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: remove from a position or office
  Synonyms: oust, throw out, drum out, kick out, expel

Meaning #2: put out or expel from a place
  Synonyms: expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, turn out


 
 
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