booted out
Kicked to curb
Booted out means forcibly expelled or dismissed.
Someone gets booted out of a bar for fighting, booted out of school for cheating, or booted out of office after a scandal.
The phrase emphasizes the abruptness or forcefulness of the removal: They booted him out without even letting him collect his things.
- axedAbruptly dismissed
- sackedDismissed from a job
- cannedSealed for preservation
- firedTerminated from employment
- pink slippedDismissed from employment
evicted · expelled · laid off · banished · ousted · terminated · ostracized · kicked to the curb · discharged · impeached · dismissed · shown the door · exiled · deposed · purged · demoted · shunned · bounced