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Phrase(s): kick out (at someone or something) to thrust one’s foot outward at something. • The ostrich kicked out at the men trying to catch her. • The mule kicked out and just missed me.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): kick someone or an animal out Go to boot someone or an animal out.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. 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] 2. Supply, especially in a sorted fashion, as in The bureau kicked out the precise data for this month's production. [Slang; late 1900s]
American Heritage Idioms