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Grammar : Verb
Spell : kik
Phonetic Transcription : kɪk



Definition of kicked out

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to strike out with the foot" (earliest in biblical phrase now usually rendered as kick against the pricks), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse kikna "bend backwards, sink at the knees." "The doubts OED has about the Scandinavian origin of kick are probably unfounded" [Liberman]. Related: Kicked; kicking.
  • Figurative sense of "complain, protest, rebel against" (late 14c.) probably is from the Bible verse. Slang sense of "die" is attested from 1725 (kick the wind was slang for "be hanged," 1590s; see also bucket). Meaning "to end one's drug habit" is from 1936. Kick in "contribute" is from 1908; kick out "expel" is from 1690s. To kick oneself in self-reproach is from 1891. The children's game of kick the can is attested from 1891.
  • verb get rid of
Example sentences :
  • He kicked out with his feet, encountering a great, hard body.
  • Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson
  • The Irish were dispossessed, kicked out, and they have been out ever since.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • Then, in sudden viciousness, Link kicked out, taking Dave in the shin.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • He was scared and kicked out, knocking me with his shod hoof.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • I should just like to know who it is trying to get me kicked out.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • The town itself looks as if it had just been kicked out of a theatre.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 » by Various
  • For after staring down at the boy for a moment, he kicked out at him.
  • Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates
  • Of course he kicked out, and tried to get up to the top of the water again.
  • Extract from : « The Wonders of the Jungle » by Prince Sarath Ghosh
  • She lifted up her voice, she made her appeal, and she was kicked out of court.
  • Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • "He ought to be kicked out of his own office," Sawyer swore.
  • Extract from : « Old Ebenezer » by Opie Read

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