How to Use kick to the curb in a Sentence

kick to the curb

idiomatic phrase
  • Oregon State peaking right as it gets kicked to the curb feels unjust.
    Bill Oram, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2023
  • This trend has been going out of style for a while, and 2024 will definitely see it get kicked to the curb.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
  • However, if players give three wrong answers, they're kicked to the curb.
    Tanner Stransky, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2024
  • All the men are kicked to the curb except for a vaguely humanoid robot donning a baseball cat.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The agreement, signed off on by the Legal Aid Society, takes pains to ensure that the most vulnerable people aren’t just kicked to the curb.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 May 2024
  • In a city that runs on hype, Albert was more interested in those who’d opted out, been left behind or were kicked to the curb by the dream factory.
    Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
  • Everything but author, translator, and title was kicked to the curb.
    Bradley Babendir, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The shutdown resulted in numerous bands and small businesses on the bill — including local artists and global acts such as the Strokes — kicked to the curb.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Even their ex-coach, working in the desert clear across the country, figured his old team was poised for an extended run, only to see a 3-1 series lead turn into another Game 7 kick to the curb.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • The grandest of all seasons was unceremoniously kicked to the curb, the rowdy full-house crowd dropping into pin-drop silence.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023

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