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

Some properties assign security guards to ask young shoppers to show identification at the entrance, while others rely on specially trained staff to selectively kick out troublemakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

May 8 Ms. Pat reminds me of one of my hilarious aunts, who would get a kick out of the fact that her nickname has entered the lexicon as a catch-all description: “Auntie.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Judge Drew Tipton, whom President Donald Trump nominated in 2020, granted the prosecutor and police’s motion to kick out the case based largely on the idea of qualified immunity.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

It was filed by Kevin Clouse of Georgia, who was trapped in his Model 3 during a 2023 crash and was forced to kick out a window to escape.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

She’ll know it’s Mrs. Smeath, she’ll get a kick out of that.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood