lodge (someone)

lodge (someone)
vb
British
to reject or eject a person, especially a partner. This item of London working-class speech was recorded in the BBC documentary FortyMinutes on 30 November 1993.
He was taken completely bysurprise when Debbie lodged him.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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