Kick out means to force someone to leave, or to expel them: from a flat, a bar, a team or a school. It's an informal expression with a harsh tone. People often talk about themselves with get kicked out: I got kicked out of school.
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kick + person + out; kick out + person; kick someone out of + place/organisation; get kicked out of + school/team
- His landlord kicked him out after he missed three rent payments in a row.
- Two fans were kicked out of the stadium for throwing bottles onto the pitch.
- She almost got kicked out of university for missing too many lectures in her first year.
What changed
First versionHe was kicked out from the club for starting a fight.
RevisionHe was kicked out of the club for starting a fight.
From might seem logical, since the person leaves the club. But after out, the place is introduced with of: kicked out of the club, out of school, out of the house. Nothing else in the sentence changes.
In formal writing, kick out is replaced with more precise words. To make someone leave a school or university is expel: He was expelled from college. To make someone leave their home is evict: The family was evicted for not paying rent. And don't confuse kick out with kick off, which is about the start of a match or a meeting: The match kicks off at eight.
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Tom kept shouting at other customers, so the security guard ___ of the bar.
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kicked him out — Him is a pronoun, and it goes between kick and out: kicked him out. Nobody says kicked out him. Only a noun can come straight after out: kicked out the noisy customer.
Write about a time someone was kicked out of a bar, a club, a flat or a team. Say where they were kicked out of and why.
My neighbour's son got kicked out of the football team for skipping training three weeks in a row.
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