throw someone out
1throw someone out — throw (someone) out to force someone to leave. At least four kids have been thrown out of school for cheating on exams. The worst part of Edsel s job is having to throw out the drunks when the bar closes …
2throw someone out — EXPEL, eject, evict, drive out, force out, oust, remove; get rid of, depose, topple, unseat, overthrow, bring down, overturn, dislodge, displace, supplant, show someone the door …
3throw someone out — the duke and his family were thrown out Syn: expel, eject, evict, drive out, force out, oust, remove; get rid of, depose, topple, unseat, overthrow, bring down, overturn, dislodge, displace, supplant, show someone the door; banish …
4throw someone out — 1》 expel someone unceremoniously. 2》 Cricket & Baseball put out an opponent by throwing the ball to the wicket or a base. → throw …
5throw someone out — Syn: expel, eject, evict, drive out, force out, oust, remove, get rid of, depose, topple, unseat, overthrow; informal boot out, kick out; Brit.; informal turf out …
6throw someone a bone — throw (someone) a bone informal : to offer (someone) something that is not very important or valuable especially to stop complaints or protests The boss would not let his workers out early for the holiday but threw them a bone by buying lunch. •… …
7boot someone out — tv. to throw someone out; to kick someone out. □ Are you going to boot me out? CD I don’t boot out anybody. John does that. Bruno, come here …
8throw one out on one’s ear — tv. to remove someone from a place forcibly. □ Straighten up, or I’ll throw you out on your ear. □ The caretaker caught us and threw us out on our ear …
9ˌthrow sb ˈout — phrasal verb to force someone to leave a place or group Several people were thrown out of the party.[/ex] …
10throw someone over — ABANDON, leave, desert, discard, turn one s back on, cast aside/off; jilt, break up with, finish with, leave in the lurch, leave high and dry; informal dump, ditch, chuck, drop, walk out on, run out on, leave flat, give someone the push/elbow,… …
