kick out

British  

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

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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

kick out Idioms  

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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Example Sentences

The biggest and most lucrative clash in world cricket was in doubt after Bangladesh refused to play their T20 World Cup matches in India and were kicked out, replaced by Scotland.

From Barron's

Half-back Lewis' foolish kick out on York skipper Harris could mean he misses next week's World Club Challenge against National Rugby League premiers Brisbane Broncos through suspension.

From BBC

It was therefore notably kicked out of qualifying for that year's men's World Cup in Qatar and took no part in qualifying for Euro 2024 or the upcoming World Cup in North America.

From Barron's

Other American corporate stalwarts performed poorly enough to get kicked out of the index.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chase and his father always got a big kick out of watching television reporters during disasters.

From Literature