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turf out

turf out verb: to remove or eject from a place.

Verb

turf out (third-person singular simple present turfs out, present participle turfing out, simple past and past participle turfed out)

  1. (informal, transitive, usually) To remove or eject from a place.
    • I'm feeling a bit pipped this morning—got turfed out of bed at seven o'clock and all that.1921, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 19, in Jill the Reckless
    • Mr. Gergen was supposed to give the White House a communications strategy. He did apply a few Band-Aids before longtime Clinton aides turfed him out of the inner circle.1994 June 28, “Opinion: Now, Focus the President”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Jul 2012

Synonyms of turf out

Forms of turf out

third-person singular presentturfs out
present participleturfing out
past participleturfed out
pastturfed out

Questions about turf out

What does turf out mean?
Turf out means to remove or eject from a place.
What part of speech is turf out?
Turf out is a verb.
What is the past tense of turf out?
The past tense of turf out is turfed out.

Words near turf out in the dictionary

  1. turf ants
  2. turf bank
  3. turf banks
  4. turf maze
  5. turf mazes
  6. turf out
  7. turf roof
  8. turf roofs
  9. turf ski
  10. turf skis
  11. turf spade

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