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

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

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Supply, especially in a sorted fashion, as in The bureau kicked out the precise data for this month's production . [ Slang ; late 1900s]

Example Sentences

Police quickly moved in and kicked out the offenders.

From BBC

Bhatia used to live at the apartment and was kicked out several days before the break-in, according to authorities.

From Los Angeles Times

“I got the biggest kick out of that, that Jim would even think of that. ... What a class act.”

From Los Angeles Times

Students qualify for prison education programs only once they have a record of good behavior, and even minor infractions can get them kicked out.

From Los Angeles Times

“I wanted my main character, Jada, to feel truly kicked out of Hollywood, as she is,” the writer with credits on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” explains.

From Los Angeles Times