chuck (out)

verb

Definition of chuck (out)next
as in to boot (out)

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  1. kick out
  2. lay off
  3. throw out
  4. unseat
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  • After Jane aired her grievances in a group chat with their friends and took to TikTok to accuse the poster of refusing to repay her, she was kicked out of the friend group.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In the meantime, Anais got kicked out of three daycares.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of kick out
Verb
  • On May 24th, the company made the difficult decision to lay off 86 employees.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Last February, as part of that austerity drive, the company laid off about 3% of its workforce.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of lay off
Verb
  • Yet a decade after throwing out the confectionery rulebook, the social media star turned entrepreneur has proved the skeptics wrong.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Did Phoebe get bummed out again because they were thrown out a second time?
    Bob Sassone, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of throw out
Verb
  • This new Speedmaster Pilot, priced at $9,500 in the US and £8,900 in the UK, might just unseat both as the most exciting Speedmaster of 2024.
    Chris Hall, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
  • At those estimates, the follow-up to 2021’s Pushpa – The Rise unseats the previous record-holder for top India and global bows, 2017’s Baahubali: The Conclusion.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of unseat
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“Chuck (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chuck%20%28out%29. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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