force out

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Noun	1.	force out - 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 play, force-out, forceputout - an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout); "the first baseman made 15 putouts"baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
Verb	1.	force out - force to leave (an office)deposeboot out, drum out, oust, expel, kick out, throw out - remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"overthrow, subvert, bring down, overturn - cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"
	2.	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"give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, displace, fire, dismiss, terminateretire - make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"pension off - let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile"clean out - force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"furlough, lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"squeeze out - force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"remove - remove from a position or an officesend away, send packing, dismiss, drop - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
	3.	force out - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."drive out, rouse, rout outmove, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"hunt - chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"smoke out - drive out with smoke; "smoke out the bees"
	4.	force out - press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds crowded out the flowers"crowd outdisplace - cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
	5.	force 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"evictevict - expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."eject, turf out, boot out, chuck out, exclude, turn out - put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"
	6.	force out - cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"squirt, eject, squeeze outspritz - eject (a liquid) quickly; "spritz water on a surface"extravasate - force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channeldischarge - pour forth or release; "discharge liquids"
	7.	force out - force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"gougemar, mutilate - destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies"
	8.	force out - emit or cause to move with force of effort; "force out the air"; "force out the splinter"emit, pass off, breathe - expel (gases or odors)