force-out


Meanings

  • 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 to leave (an office)
  • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position;
    • "The boss fired his secretary today"
    • "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
  • force or drive out;
    • "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
  • press, force, or thrust out of a small space;
    • "The weeds crowded out the flowers"
  • 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"
  • cause to come out in a squirt;
    • "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
  • force with the thumb;
    • "gouge out his eyes"
  • emit or cause to move with force of effort;
    • "force out the air"
    • "force out the splinter"


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