kicked out
Shown the door
Kicked out means forcibly removed or expelled from a place, group, or institution.
Someone gets kicked out of a bar for fighting, kicked out of school for cheating, or kicked out of the house by angry parents.
The phrase suggests ejection with finality: He was kicked out of the band after missing too many rehearsals.
Forced permanent removal
- ejectionForced removal from somewhere
- ousterForced removal from position
- removalAct of taking away
- dismissalRemoval from position
discharge · eviction · booted · shown the door · ousted · bounced · given the boot · marching orders
Forced from one's country
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- excommunicatedOfficially cut from church
- blackballedRejected by anonymous vote
disowned · outcast · persona non grata · blacklisted · deported · expatriated · proscribed · unwelcome
Removed from property legally
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- homelessWithout a dwelling
- dislodgedMoved from fixed position
relocated · removed · repossessed · foreclosed · ejected · displaced · refugee · unsettled
Rejected with contempt
- snubbedIntentionally disregarded
- rebuffedRejected someone's advances
- turned awayRefused admission or attention
- deniedRefused or disavowed
dismissed · jilted · cold-shouldered · brushed off · unwanted · discarded · abandoned · dumped
expulsion
Forced permanent removal
dismissal · discharge · eviction · booted · shown the door · ousted · bounced · given the boot · marching orders · walking papers
exiled
Forced from one's country
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- excommunicatedOfficially cut from church
blackballed · disowned · outcast · persona non grata · blacklisted · deported · expatriated · proscribed · unwelcome · pariah
evicted
Removed from property legally
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- homelessWithout a dwelling
dislodged · relocated · removed · repossessed · foreclosed · ejected · displaced · refugee · unsettled · stranded
spurned
Rejected with contempt
- snubbedIntentionally disregarded
- rebuffedRejected someone's advances
- turned awayRefused admission or attention
denied · dismissed · jilted · cold-shouldered · brushed off · unwanted · discarded · abandoned · dumped · ditched
- outoutside, outdoor, outdoors, outsider, outward
- oustedfired, axed, sacked, canned, terminated
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- removedremoved, eliminated, deleted, erased, extracted
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- coupscoup d'etat, overthrow, coup attempt, soft coup, failed coup
kicked outlet in
Permit entry
admitted · accepted · taken in · included · reinstated
kick, out, kicks, kicking, kicked, kicker, kickstand, kickers, kickstart