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force out

alt. 1 To cause something to be ejected 2 (context baseball English) 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 n. (context baseball English) 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. vb. 1 To cause something to be ejected 2 (context baseball English) 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

WordNet
force out
  1. v. force to leave (an office) [syn: depose]

  2. terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, give the sack, terminate] [ant: hire]

  3. force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." [syn: rout out, drive out, rouse]

  4. force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war" [syn: displace]

  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" [syn: evict]

  6. cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" [syn: squirt, squeeze out, eject]

  7. force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" [syn: gouge]

  8. emit with force of effort; "force out the air"

Usage examples of "force out".

But if there truly was a nest-killer force out there, if this was not, indeed, the night-demons of frightened legend, then they would find them.

They must have had half of the entire police force out from the amount of noise they were making.

If the RCN can't get a proper force out here in a year to finish the job, then by God!

All her warships were present at Blackbird, but if she sent her freighters away first, she could still have a relief force out here in ten or twelve days.

See how she strains herself horribly to force out, not song—.

With some ceremony the leader of the small force out of Kars brought his horse beneath the Pole of Proclamation and put a horn to his lips, its silver plating catching fire from the morning sun.

One is to reinforce our forces at Seaford Nine and attack Hancock directly, while the other is to send a separate force out from Barnett, take Zanzibar, then hook up to the north while our Seaford Nine forces attack southwest to take Hancock in a pincer.

He can't move his main force out to support his scouting elements without our pickets picking up on it, and if he sends them out unsupported, Sarnow may just be able to pick them off before they get close enough to confirm that we aren't there.

He could put together the required strike force out of his more experienced, battle hardened units without exposing his newbies.

Howell was good, but Fleet only had to get lucky once to blow his entire force out of space, so Fleet couldn't be allowed to get lucky.