Akademik

kick out
verb
1. force to leave or move out
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He was expelled from his native country

• Syn: ↑expel, ↑throw out
• Derivationally related forms: ↑expulsion (for: ↑expel)
• Hypernyms: ↑move, ↑displace
• Hyponyms:
↑eject, ↑chuck out, ↑exclude, ↑turf out, ↑boot out, ↑turn out, ↑expatriate, ↑deport, ↑exile, ↑suspend, ↑debar, ↑extradite, ↑deliver, ↑banish, ↑relegate, ↑bar, ↑ban, ↑ostracize, ↑ostracise, ↑shun, ↑cast out, ↑blackball
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

2. remove from a position or office
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The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds

• Syn: ↑oust, ↑throw out, ↑drum out, ↑boot out, ↑expel
• Derivationally related forms: ↑expulsion (for: ↑expel), ↑ouster (for: ↑oust), ↑ousting (for: ↑oust)
• Hypernyms: ↑remove
• Hyponyms: ↑excommunicate, ↑depose, ↑force out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s PP

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kick out [phrasal verb]
kick (someone) out or kick out (someone) : to force (someone) to leave a place, group, school, etc.

He was/got kicked out [=thrown out] of the school when he was caught cheating again.

They threatened to kick him out (of the bar) if he didn't stop annoying people.

She kicked her husband out (of the house).

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Main Entry: ↑kick

Useful english dictionary. 2012.