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Force out   /fɔrs aʊt/   Listen
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.  Synonyms: force, force-out, force play.
verb
1.
Force to leave (an office).  Synonym: depose.
2.
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.  Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate.  "The company terminated 25% of its workers"  Antonym: hire.
3.
Force or drive out.  Synonyms: drive out, rouse, rout out.
4.
Press, force, or thrust out of a small space.  Synonym: crowd out.
5.
Expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process.  Synonym: evict.
6.
Cause to come out in a squirt.  Synonyms: eject, squeeze out, squirt.
7.
Force with the thumb.  Synonym: gouge.
8.
Emit or cause to move with force of effort.  "Force out the splinter"






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"Force out" Quotes from Famous Books



... CAULIFLOWERS.—Strip the leaves which you do not intend to use, and put the cauliflowers into salt and water some time to force out snails, worms, etc. Boil them twelve minutes on a drainer in plenty of water, then add salt, and boil five or six minutes longer. Skim well while boiling. Take out and drain. Serve with melted butter, or a sauce made of ...
— Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 • Barkham Burroughs

... I had, I'd have lost it when I saw all of you pulling such long faces in the church where you knew you were under observation. Pah! Such hypocrisy! And then, to cap it all, Emily has to force out a few crocodile ...
— The First Man • Eugene O'Neill

... daring of the Escaped Nun to live as Edith in the very hearts of the people she sought to destroy. Good sense opposed his theory of course, but he made out a satisfactory argument for himself. How often had Sister Claire puzzled him by her resemblance to some one whom he could not force out of the shadows of memory! Even now, with the key of the mystery in his hands, he could see no likeness between them. Yet no doubt remained in his mind that a dual life would explain ...
— The Art of Disappearing • John Talbot Smith

... personally what happened, I speak from necessary inference) seemed to think that inasmuch as our plan of battle contemplated an attack by the extreme left, to be followed up by them subsequently during the day, that they had nothing to do at that early hour in the morning, but to keep a picket force out, send their artillery horses to a distant point for water, stack their arms, and get breakfast. They did not seem to think possibly Bragg might have plans of his own, and that our attack might be anticipated, ...
— Personal recollections and experiences concerning the Battle of Stone River • Milo S. Hascall

... off from the decks, and the air resounded with the music of the bands. It was noticed that the favorite piece seemed to be "the Yankee tune": it was played by the regimental bands when Earl Percy led a British force out of Boston on Lexington morning, but no mention is made of its being performed when this force returned in the evening of that famous day, or when the Sam ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 9, No. 56, June, 1862 • Various


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