| Library / English Dictionary |
TURF OUT
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put out or expel from a place
Example:
The unruly student was excluded from the game
Synonyms:
boot out; chuck out; eject; exclude; turf out; turn out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "turf out" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turf out"):
evict; force out (expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process)
evict (expel or eject without recourse to legal process)
show the door (ask to leave)
bounce (eject from the premises)
exorcise; exorcize (expel through adjuration or prayers)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
