kick sb out
— Phrasal Verb with kick /kɪk/ verb [T]Definition
informal
› HR to force someone to leave their job or a place: The CEO was kicked out for mishandling company funds.kick sb out of sth I'm not in favor of somebody with ten years' seniority getting kicked out of their job.
(Definition of kick sb out from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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