From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishturf somebody ↔ out (also turf somebody off (something)) phrasal verbGET RID OF British English informal to make someone leave a place or organization, usually suddenly or roughly SYN kick somebody out of The families claim they are being turfed out of their homes. → turf→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
turf out• They turfed him out as an 18-year-old before Cambridge gave him a lifeline trial.• She said the legs of both players tangled, and then both players were on the turf kicking out at each other.• The first turf is lifted out intact, to be replaced later to conceal the dig. 