Idiom
kick to the curb
Meaning
To dismiss or reject in a humiliating manner.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She decided to kick her lazy partner to the curb.”
“After he lied to her for the third time, she finally kicked him to the curb.”
“The company decided to kick their long-term supplier to the curb without warning, leaving the entire project in a state of total disarray.”
Examples
simple
“She decided to kick her lazy partner to the curb.”
contextual
“After he lied to her for the third time, she finally kicked him to the curb.”
complex
“The company decided to kick their long-term supplier to the curb without warning, leaving the entire project in a state of total disarray.”
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