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drumming out
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request to leave |
| Synonyms: | boot, bounce, chuck, drumming out, elbow, gate, heave-ho, orders to move on, pink slip, sack, walking papers |
| Main Entry: | depose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oust from position |
| Synonyms: | boot out, bounce, break, can*, cashier, chuck, degrade, demote, dethrone, discrown, dismiss, displace, downgrade, drum out, eject, freeze out, give heave-ho, impeach, kick out, overthrow, remove from office, ride out on rail, run out of town, send packing, subvert, throw out, throw out on ear, uncrown, unfrock, unmake, unseat, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw out, banish |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, blackball, bust, cast out, chase, deport, discharge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, drum out, eject, eliminate, evict, exclude, exile, expatriate, expulse, fire, give the boot, give the hook, give walking papers, kick out, oust, proscribe, send packing, show the door, suspend, throw out on ear, turn out |
| Antonyms: | admit, allow, permit, take in, welcome |
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