kicks to the curb
Discards without ceremony
To kick someone or something to the curb is to reject or discard them abruptly and completely.
The image is of throwing something out like trash left at the roadside: She kicked her cheating boyfriend to the curb.
Often used for ending relationships or abandoning ideas that no longer serve: The company kicked traditional marketing to the curb.
- forsakeAbandon completely
- left behindAbandoned or forgotten
- oustRemove from position
- shown the doorForced out, terminated
- discardDeliberately throw out
thrown away · marginalize · pushed away · heartbreak · broken up · eject · cast out · ostracize · cold shoulder · desert · neglect · expel · cut loose · renounce · alienation · exile · sever · disavow