Balked
Kicked
Both words in one sentence
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Manly Guys Doing Manly Things parodies the Pokémon tradition with Jared Kowalski, a teenager who balked at the idea of leaving home on a Pokemon journey (because it would separate him from his Xbox games), until his parents got fed up and kicked him out of the house.
Source: Free-Range Children
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Kicked and Balked. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/balked/kicked
Balked & Kicked. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/balked/kicked>.
Kicked or Balked. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/balked/kicked.
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