kick out

See also: kickout and kick-out

English

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Verb

kick out (third-person singular simple present kicks out, present participle kicking out, simple past and past participle kicked out)

1. (idiomatic) To eject, dismiss, expel, or forcefully remove (someone or something).

   They will kick out a disruptive patron.

   I got kicked out for eating inside.

   • 2011, Cate Noble, Deadly Games:

     I've used her password before to get info for Abe Caldwell. But this time I barely finished downloading when the server kicked me out and wouldn't let me log in again.

   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Rules and Regulations:

     Charybdis Point House Rules […]
     5. We hold the right to kick your ass out at any time.

2. (idiomatic) To stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly.

   I was driving and the motor just kicked out.

3. (surfing) To perform a kickout.
4. (1930s, US, slang) To improvise music.

Synonyms

• (remove, expel): boot out

Derived terms

• kickout (noun)
• kick out the jams

 

Related terms

• kick down
• kick in
• kick off
• kick upstairs

 

Translations

eject, throw out, or forcefully remove

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: طَرَد (ṭarad), قَلَع (galaʕ)

• Armenian: վռնդել (hy) (vṙndel)
• Bulgarian: изритвам (bg) (izritvam), изхвърлям (bg) (izhvǎrljam)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 趕走／赶走 (gon² zau²)

  Mandarin: 趕走／赶走 (zh) (gǎnzǒu)

• Dutch: eruit trappen
• Finnish: heittää ulos
• French: foutre dehors, mettre à la porte (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: rauswerfen, rausschmeißen (de)
• Greek: βγάζω (el) (vgázo)
• Italian: cacciare via in malo modo
• Japanese: 追い出す (ja) (おいだす, oidasu)
• Portuguese: expulsar (pt)
• Romanian: da afară
• Russian: вышвы́ривать (ru) impf (vyšvýrivatʹ), вы́швырнуть (ru) pf (výšvyrnutʹ), выгоня́ть пинка́ми impf (vygonjátʹ pinkámi), вы́гнать пинка́ми pf (výgnatʹ pinkámi)
• Spanish: echar (es), poner de patitas en la calle (es) (colloquial)
• Turkish: kapı dışarı etmek (tr), kapının önüne koymak

stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly

• Dutch: er de brui aan geven
• Finnish: pysähtyä (fi)

See also

• knock out
• punch out
• strike out

 

Anagrams

• outkick