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force out
(f/oU/rs_/AU/t )

noun (n)

  • 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(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    force, force play, force-out
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • force to leave (an office)(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    depose
    source: wordnet30
  • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    can, dismiss, displace, fire, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
    Antonym:
    employ, engage, hire
    source: wordnet30
  • force or drive out(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    drive out, rouse, rout out
    source: wordnet30
  • press, force, or thrust out of a small space(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    crowd out
    source: wordnet30
  • expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    evict
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to come out in a squirt(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    eject, squeeze out, squirt
    source: wordnet30
  • force with the thumb(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    gouge
    source: wordnet30
  • emit or cause to move with force of effort(verb.body)
    Example:
    Force out the air.
    Force out the splinter.
    source: wordnet30

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