Dated slang meaning to kick someone out, expel them, or reject them decisively — to give someone the horn and show them the door. It implies a forceful and final removal rather than a gentle suggestion to leave. The term feels like it belongs to a particular era of American or British informal speech, more at home in a mid-century novel than a modern conversation, but it has a satisfying bluntness that keeps it useful when you want to describe being forcibly removed from somewhere.
The bouncer didn't hesitate — he horned out the troublemakers before they could cause any more damage.
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(slang, dated) To kick out, expel or reject.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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