kick out

See also: kickout and kick-out

English

Pronunciation

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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.

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

   I was driving and the motor just kicked out.

3. (surfing) To perform a kickout.

Synonyms

• (remove, expel): boot out

Related terms

• kick
• kick in

Translations

eject, throw out, or forcefully remove

• 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), 赶走 (zh) (gǎnzǒu)

• Dutch: eruit trappen
• Finnish: heittää ulos
• French: foutre dehors
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
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• German: rauswerfen, rausschmeißen
• Greek: βγάζω (el) (vgázo)
• Japanese: 追い出す (おいだす, oidasu)
• Portuguese: expulsar (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• 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: please add this translation if you can

stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly

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

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