The two men expelled the fighters from the tavern.
•Ken was expelled from school for disciplinary reasons.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
expel — UK [ɪkˈspel] / US verb [transitive] Word forms expel : present tense I/you/we/they expel he/she/it expels present participle expelling past tense expelled past participle expelled 1) to officially force someone to leave a place or organization… … English dictionary
expel — ex|pel [ ık spel ] verb transitive 1. ) to officially force someone to leave a place or organization because of their bad behavior: They have no legal power to expel a party member. expel someone from something: The police were sent to expel the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
expel — ex‧pel [ɪkˈspel] verb expelled PTandPPX expelling PRESPARTX [transitive] to officially make someone leave a country or an organization: • In the past, the government found it legally difficult to identify and expel illegal immigrants. expel… … Financial and business terms
expel — [[t]ɪkspe̱l[/t]] expels, expelling, expelled 1) VERB: usu passive If someone is expelled from a school or organization, they are officially told to leave because they have behaved badly. [be V ed] More than five thousand secondary school students … English dictionary
Minor characters from Supernatural — The following are minor fictional characters on The CW Television Network s Supernatural .=Azazel s special children=The following characters were chosen by the demon Azazel to be potential leaders of the demonic army that he planned to release… … Wikipedia
turn — verb 1》 move in a circular direction wholly or partly around an axis. ↘twist or sprain (an ankle). 2》 move into a different position, especially so as to face the opposite direction. ↘change or cause to change direction. ↘(of the… … English new terms dictionary
exclude — ex|clude [ ık sklud ] verb transitive FORMAL *** 1. ) to deliberately not include something: These figures exclude cash receipts. exclude something from something: These costs have been excluded from our calculations. 2. ) to deliberately prevent … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
read — adjective having a specified level of knowledge as a result of reading: → read read verb (past and past participle read) 1》 look at and understand the meaning of (written or printed matter) by interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is … English new terms dictionary
drum — ► NOUN 1) a percussion instrument with a skin stretched across a rounded frame, sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands. 2) a cylindrical object or part, especially a container. 3) a sound made by or resembling that of a drum. 4) Austral … English terms dictionary
disbar — verb a) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such. The friends of Holmes have been criticising the action of the board in … Wiktionary
throw out — verb a) To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away. Just throw out that pen if it doesnt write anymore. b) To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or … Wiktionary
