All 3 Uses of
expel
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- —Simon Moonan and Tusker are going to be flogged, Athy said, and the fellows in the higher line got their choice of flogging or being expelled.†
Chpt 1
- —All are taking expulsion except Corrigan, Athy answered.†
Chpt 1 *
- He is right and the other fellows are wrong because a flogging wears off after a bit but a fellow that has been expelled from college is known all his life on account of it.†
Chpt 1
Definition:
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(expel) force outespecially in 2 primary senses:
- kicking someone out of an organization -- such as a school or country
- squeezing something to eliminate a liquid or gas