kick out

Example Sentences

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Dan said the next move in the "diplomatic hierarchy of measures" would be to kick out the Russian ambassador.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

“It makes him laugh because he knows it’s just so deliciously bad that he gets a kick out of it, but he is going to do something about it.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Judge Drew Tipton, whom President Donald Trump nominated in 2020, granted the prosecutor and police’s motion to kick out the case based largely on the idea of qualified immunity.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The 73-year-old retired clown started in fourth grade, with a poem about his teacher; it wasn’t flattering, but he got a kick out of saying what he thought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

At first he’d gotten a kick out of the teach-er’s apprehension, the way the sweat poured off him like he had a special pump inside producing all that perspiration.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier