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Antonyms for kick out

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kik
Phonetic Transcription : kɪk

Definition of kick 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 :
  • Mark Frayne scowled, and gave a kick out with his leg, but did not answer.
  • Extract from : « The Queen's Scarlet » by George Manville Fenn
  • Simply because you get a kick out of insulting us with sardonic ideas.
  • Extract from : « The Creature from Cleveland Depths » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • Keep on trying to throw yourself down and kick out like a frog.
  • Extract from : « Brownsmith's Boy » by George Manville Fenn
  • One duchess, just in front of me, said to her companionDo as I do,kick out!
  • Extract from : « The Sorrows of Satan » by Marie Corelli
  • Then, too, they will kick out with their feet when people pass too close behind them.
  • Extract from : « In the grip of the Mullah » by F. S. Brereton
  • Gittin ready to kick out, but you need a wall to lean against, eh?
  • Extract from : « Sudden Jim » by Clarence Budington Kelland
  • What kind of intruder did you kick out, or try to kick out, at Burstal?
  • Extract from : « In the Wilderness » by Robert Hichens
  • Come with me when I go away, then, he said, and see if you can get a kick out of that.
  • Extract from : « Beginners Luck » by Emily Hahn
  • Here, Peterkin, catch hold of my collar, and kick out with a will.
  • Extract from : « The Coral Island » by R. M. Ballantyne
  • “You certainly get a kick out of playing jokes,” he accused.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Pact » by Mildred A. Wirt

Synonyms for kick out

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