'force out' definitions:

Definition of 'force out'

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noun
A putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base; "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force" [syn: force out, force-out, force play, force]
verb
Force to leave (an office) [syn: depose, force out]
verb
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire]
verb
Force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." [syn: rout out, drive out, force out, rouse]
verb
Press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds crowded out the flowers" [syn: force out, crowd out]
verb
Expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" [syn: evict, force out]
verb
Cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" [syn: squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject]
verb
Force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" [syn: gouge, force out]
verb
Emit or cause to move with force of effort; "force out the air"; "force out the splinter"

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