kicking to the curb
Casting someone out
Kicking to the curb means rejecting or discarding someone or something decisively, often after a period of tolerance or attachment.
The image is of putting someone out of a car and leaving them at the roadside: After years of loyalty, the company kicked him to the curb.
Most often describes ending relationships or employment abruptly.
- discardingRemoving what's unwanted
- disrespectLack of regard
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- throwing awayDiscarding as refuse
- dumpingDisposing carelessly or abruptly
isolation · exclusion · left behind · ostracism · betrayal · severance · breaking up · repudiation · ejection · jilting · cutting ties · cutting loose · dismissal · tossing out · closure · alienation · clearing away · liberation
kicking to the curbembracing
Holding warmly, willingly accepting
clinging to · standing by · cherishing · taking back · keeping
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