Definition of force out Force out
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What does force out mean?
WordNet
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| force out - 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 play, force | ||
| putout an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout); "the first baseman made 15 putouts" | ||
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| force out - emit or cause to move with force of effort; "force out the air"; "force out the splinter" | ||
| emit, pass off, breathe expel (gases or odors) | ||
| force out - press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds crowded out the flowers" | ||
| crowd out | ||
| displace cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| force out - 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, give the sack, terminate | ||
| employ, hire, engage engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" | ||
| remove remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | ||
| retire cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" | ||
| pension off let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile" | ||
| clean out empty completely; "We cleaned out all the drawers" | ||
| furlough, lay off grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children" | ||
| squeeze out force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" | ||
| send packing, send away, dismiss, drop bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" | ||
| force out - cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" | ||
| squirt, squeeze out, eject | ||
| discharge release from military service | ||
| spritz cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it; "Spritz the lawn with water" | ||
| extravasate geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth | ||
| force out - force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" | ||
| gouge | ||
| mar, mutilate make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" | ||
| gouge out make gouges into a surface; "The woman's spiked heels gouged out the wooden floor" | ||
| force out - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." | ||
| rout out, drive out, rouse | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| chase away, drive away, drive off, dispel, drive out, turn back, run off force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" | ||
| hunt pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" | ||
| smoke out drive out with smoke; "smoke out the bees" | ||
| force out - force to leave (an office) | ||
| depose | ||
| drum out, boot out, kick out, oust, expel, throw out remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" | ||
| overthrow, subvert, bring down, overturn cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" | ||
| force out - 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 | ||
| turf out, boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turn out put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- force out (Noun)
An instance of an out created 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. - force out (Verb)
To cause something to be ejected. - force out (Verb)
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.
