to kick someone to the curb
12
9.4
- idiom
- Informal
:
dejar tirado a alguien
- I do hope he eventually kicks her to the curb.
- get kicked to the curb
- need to kick him to the curb
Examples
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You need to kick him to the curb.
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I know, I should've kicked him to the curb when I first found out about the affair!
Blog text (26) -
Live with them, and if they turn out to be wrong, kick 'em to the curb!
Blog text (19) -
I think she kicked him to the curb.
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Mom kicked me to the curb.
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I totally understand why Apple had to kick Google Maps to the curb.
Blog text (26) -
And they just kicked him to the curb when they're done with him.
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But I fear Blair's gonna be the first old lady kicked to the curb.
Blog text (13) -
I just wish he had kicked Juliette to the curb instead of himself.
Blog text (6) -
After he decided to prioritize his own happiness, he kicked her to the curb without any hesitation.
Synonyms
852
3.8
To stop employing someone so they lose their job
773
3.1
Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care
678
2.6
End a relationship with someone, for example a romantic or business partner
512
3.0
Force someone to leave a place or group
501
5.1
To end a romantic relationship suddenly and without care
417
3.4
To end a romantic relationship with someone
236
3.0
To force someone to leave a place, job, or group
234
4.4
To abandon a person, plan, or thing suddenly
137
2.7
To end a close relationship and go separate ways
110
2.7
To tell people to leave a meeting or room
67
5.8
To end a relationship or connection completely by stopping all contact
43
3.2
To stop other people from getting close to you emotionally
23
4.1
End a relationship with someone or something in a clear, final way
15
5.8
Force someone to leave a job or organization suddenly
11
3.7
Reject or ignore people and things you no longer want
8
6.5
To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted
7
8.6
Get rid of someone or something you no longer want
5
6.6
To stop depending on someone or something and become independent
4
8.5
To tell someone to leave their job or to stop using something
4
7.9
Make someone leave quickly and forcefully
2
7.5
To reject someone quickly and rudely
1
4.0
To force someone to leave a place, group or job
1
5.0
To force someone to leave a place usually because they cause trouble
To end a relationship or stop someone from working for you
To end a relationship with a boyfriend or girlfriend
End someone's job or relationship suddenly and without warning
To end a relationship or job suddenly and harshly
To suddenly end someone's job or a relationship, often without warning
Antonyms
How Rejected
- US
31
7.7
- Informal
12
9.4
839
1.9
7
6.3
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
kick + someone + to + the + curb
The phrase literalizes a physical action—'kick' (push away) + 'curb' (edge of sidewalk)—so a learner who knows the words can likely infer a metaphor of ejecting or discarding someone. However, the specific interpersonal/pragmatic sense (abruptly dismissing or ending a relationship) is a conventionalized metaphorical extension rather than strictly compositional, so it is not fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Kick someone to the curb may come from the literal picture of kicking a person out to the curb, the edge of the sidewalk, and leaving them outside and unwanted. So the phrase now means 'to reject or suddenly dismiss someone from your life or a relationship'.