run out of town

After all, this is a place where a lesbian teacher is run out of town, where artistic inclinations of any kind are most safely kept to oneself.

Most politicians caught with their tail between their legs are voted out of office or run out of town, but not the mayor of Idyllwild, a small mountain community about 25 miles south of Banning.

The second half was the version that got Hackett run out of town.

“We were fairly run out of town for being fascists.”

Despite some polling that Seattle voters are hacked off, to the point that City Hall might be headed for a reset, the incumbents running for reelection were hardly being run out of town in early primary returns Tuesday.