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force out in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
    "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
    displace  fire  give notice  can  dismiss  give the axe  send away  sack  force out  give the sack  terminate 
  2. press, force, or thrust out of a small space
    "The weeds crowded out the flowers"
    force out  crowd out 
  3. force to leave (an office)
    depose  force out 
  4. force or drive out
    "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
    rout out  drive out  force out  rouse 
  5. cause to come out in a squirt
    "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
    squirt  force out  squeeze out  eject 
  6. 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"
    evict  force out 
  7. emit or cause to move with force of effort
    "force out the air"; "force out the splinter"
    force out 
  8. force with the thumb
    "gouge out his eyes"
    gouge  force out 
noun
  1. 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"
    force out  force-out  force play  force 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


force out in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) To cause something to be ejected
  2. (verb) (baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground
  3. (noun) (baseball) An instance of a force out
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