kick out

See also: kickout and kick-out

English

Pronunciation

Audio (General Australian): (file)

Verb

kick out (third-person singular simple present kicks out, present participle kicking out, simple past and past participle kicked out)

(idiomatic, transitive) To eject, dismiss, expel, or forcefully remove (someone or something).
They will kick out a disruptive patron.

I got kicked out for eating inside.
- 2011, Cate Noble, Deadly Games:
  I've used her password before to get info for Abe Caldwell. But this time I barely finished downloading when the server kicked me out and wouldn't let me log in again.
- 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Rules and Regulations:
  Charybdis Point House Rules […]
  5. We hold the right to kick your ass out at any time.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly.
I was driving and the motor just kicked out.
(surfing) To perform a kickout.
(1930s, US, slang) To improvise music.

Synonyms

(remove, expel): boot out

Derived terms

kickout (noun)
kick out the jams

Related terms

Translations

eject, throw out, or forcefully remove

Arabic:
Hijazi Arabic: طَرَد (ṭarad), قَلَع (galaʕ)
Armenian: վռնդել (hy) (vṙndel)
Bulgarian: изритвам (bg) (izritvam), изхвърлям (bg) (izhvǎrljam)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 趕走／赶走 (gon² zau²)

Mandarin: 趕走／赶走 (zh) (gǎnzǒu)
Dutch: eruit trappen
Finnish: heittää ulos
French: foutre dehors, mettre à la porte (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: rauswerfen, rausschmeißen (de)
Greek: βγάζω (el) (vgázo)
Italian: cacciare via in malo modo
Japanese: 追い出す (ja) (おいだす, oidasu)
Portuguese: expulsar (pt)
Romanian: da afară
Russian: вышвы́ривать (ru) impf (vyšvýrivatʹ), вы́швырнуть (ru) pf (výšvyrnutʹ), выгоня́ть пинка́ми impf (vygonjátʹ pinkámi), вы́гнать пинка́ми pf (výgnatʹ pinkámi)
Spanish: echar (es), poner de patitas en la calle (es) (colloquial)
Turkish: kapı dışarı etmek (tr), kapının önüne koymak

stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly

Dutch: er de brui aan geven
Finnish: pysähtyä (fi)

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