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View synonyms for kick out

kick out

verb

  1. informal.
    to eject or dismiss
  2. basketball (of a player who has dribbled towards the basket) to pass the ball to a player further away from the basket
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. basketball an instance of kicking out the ball
  2. (in Gaelic football) a free kick to restart play after a goal or after the ball has gone out of play
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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“The idea to kick out money out of politics was naive,” the 40-year-old told me earlier that day.

“I got kicked out of show business,” she jokes in her Netflix special, “For Your Approval,” which premiered on the streaming service in late September.

Trump warns he would kick out hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have entered the country under two Biden administration programs.

Still, some undocumented migrants believe that they will benefit from a Trump presidency instead of being kicked out.

From BBC

"I got kicked out of school when I was 12 and so I spent my entire education bouncing around different PRUs," Ms Simms tells BBC London, adding that despite this, "I made it out alright".

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