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kick out
verb
informalto eject or dismiss
basketball (of a player who has dribbled towards the basket) to pass the ball to a player further away from the basket
noun
basketball an instance of kicking out the ball
(in Gaelic football) a free kick to restart play after a goal or after the ball has gone out of play
Idioms and Phrases
Also, boot out . Throw out, dismiss, especially ignominiously. For example, George said they'd been kicked out of the country club , or The owner booted them out of the restaurant for being loud and disorderly . This idiom alludes to expelling someone with a kick in the pants . [Late 1600s]
Supply, especially in a sorted fashion, as in The bureau kicked out the precise data for this month's production . [ Slang ; late 1900s]
Example Sentences
It was all very impressive, but I kept thinking Philly — who travels nose to the ground, zigzagging through the world — would have been kicked out of class.
"They've given no due process, kicked out of stores. This is having a really serious impact."
Lorey was kicked out of the state championships Saturday after handing out fliers urging people to sign a petition calling on the interscholastic federation to change its policies.
Gordon began kicking out at another officer, and leg restraints were then put on him, the court heard.
He witnessed an asylum seeker trying to kick out the windows of a room in the hotel, while holding what appeared to be a knife.
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