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rout out
  1. v. get or find by searching; "What did you rout out in the library?" [syn: rout up]

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

  3. cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" [syn: rout, expel]

Usage examples of "rout out".

He licked his fingers and wiped them clean on the grass, then dug around with a fingernail to rout out a piece of meat stuck somewhere in the back of his mouth.

I spoke more fiercely than I felt, mostly to rout out the uncertainty I heard creeping into Liew's voice.

He waved the driver to a halt, shouted to rout out his tank crews.

Cini drove the wagon while Zazio took the car to rout out Dino for muscle.