turf out

turf out
verb
put out or expel from a place
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The unruly student was excluded from the game

• Syn: ↑eject, ↑chuck out, ↑exclude, ↑boot out, ↑turn out
• Derivationally related forms: ↑exclusion (for: ↑exclude), ↑ejection (for: ↑eject), ↑ejector (for: ↑eject)
• Hypernyms: ↑expel, ↑throw out, ↑kick out
• Hyponyms: ↑evict, ↑force out, ↑show the door, ↑bounce, ↑exorcise, ↑exorcize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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Somebody ——s something PP

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turf out (informal)
To throw out forcibly, to eject
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Main Entry: ↑turf

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ˌturf ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they turf out he/she/it turfs out present participle turfing out past tense turfed out past participle turfed out] british informal phrasal verb
to force someone to leave a place or an organization
Thesaurus: to force someone to leave a placesynonym
Main entry: turf

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turf out (also turf off) [phrasal verb]
turf (someone) out/off or turf out/off (someone) Brit, informal : to force (someone) to leave a place or position

She turfed him out of the house.

He got turfed off the bus.

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Main Entry: ↑turf

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