force out meaning and definition

FORCE OUT noun

Definition of force out (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: force, force play, force-out

FORCE OUT verb

Definition of force out (verb)

1. force to leave (an office)
   • synonyms: depose
2. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
   • "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
   • synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
   • antonym: employ
3. force or drive out
   • "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
   • synonyms: drive out, rouse, rout out
4. press, force, or thrust out of a small space
   • "The weeds crowded out the flowers"
   • synonyms: crowd out
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"
   • synonyms: evict
6. cause to come out in a squirt
   • "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
   • synonyms: eject, squeeze out, squirt
7. force with the thumb
   • "gouge out his eyes"
   • synonyms: gouge
8. emit or cause to move with force of effort
   • "force out the air"; "force out the splinter"