kick out

Show the door

To kick out is to force someone to leave—from a home, school, organization, or establishment: She got kicked out of the bar for starting a fight, His parents kicked him out when he turned eighteen.

The phrase implies expulsion with some force or finality, more emphatic than simply asking someone to go.

eject

evict

Remove from property legally

  • oustRemove from position
  • bootHigh shoe or startup
  • bounceSpring back after impact

remove · expel · dismiss · dislodge · unseat · dispossess · discharge · defenestrate · show the door · give the boot

banish

exile

Banishment from homeland

shun · excommunicate · outlaw · deport · expatriate · proscribe · disown · expunge · bar · exclude

reject

refuse

Reject or garbage

exclude · bar · blackball · veto · dismiss · decline · turn down · give the cold shoulder · snub · repudiate

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Opposites
INCLUSION vs. EXCLUSION

kick outlet in

Permit entry

admit · welcome · take in · accept · include

REJECTION vs. WELCOME

kick outwelcome

Hospitable greeting offered

embrace · greet · invite · roll out the red carpet · hail

Family

kick, out, kicks, kicking, kicked, kicker, kickers, outkick, outkicking

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G