force out

Noun · Verb

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Noun (1)

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”Synonyms: force outforce-outforce playforce

Verb (8)

1. force to leave (an office)Synonyms: deposeforce out
2. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position“The boss fired his secretary today”“The company terminated 25% of its workers”Synonyms: displacefiregive noticecandismissgive the axesend awaysackforce outgive the sackterminate
3. force or drive out“The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.”Synonyms: rout outdrive outforce outrouse
4. press, force, or thrust out of a small space“The weeds crowded out the flowers”Synonyms: force outcrowd out
5. 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”Synonyms: evictforce out
6. cause to come out in a squirt“the boy squirted water at his little sister”Synonyms: squirtforce outsqueeze outeject
7. force with the thumb“gouge out his eyes”Synonyms: gougeforce out
8. emit or cause to move with force of effort“force out the air”“force out the splinter”Synonyms: force out