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force out

English

  1. 🔊 a putout of a base runner who is required to run
    “the shortstop got the runner at second on a force”
  2. 🔊 emit or cause to move with force of effort
    “force out the air”
  3. 🔊 press, force, or thrust out of a small space
    “The weeds crowded out the flowers”
  4. 🔊 force with the thumb
    “gouge out his eyes”
  5. 🔊 cause to come out in a squirt
    “the boy squirted water at his little sister”
  6. 🔊 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”
  7. 🔊 force to leave (an office)
  8. 🔊 force or drive out
    “The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.”
  9. 🔊 terminate the employment of
    “The boss fired his secretary today”

Similar words

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