force out : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: force out	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
force out n 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" Synonym(s): force out, force-out, force play, force v force to leave (an office) Synonym(s): depose, 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" Synonym(s): displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate Antonym(s): employ, engage, hire force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." Synonym(s): rout out, drive out, force out, rouse press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds crowded out the flowers" Synonym(s): force out, crowd 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" Synonym(s): evict, force out cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" Synonym(s): squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" Synonym(s): gouge, force out emit or cause to move with force of effort; "force out the air"; "force out the splinter"