force out

Noun

• 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
    

Verb

• emit or cause to move with force of effort
  • force out the air
    
  • force out the splinter
    

• force with the thumb
  • gouge out his eyes
    

• cause to come out in a squirt
  • the boy squirted water at his little sister
    

• 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
    

• press, force, or thrust out of a small space
  • The weeds crowded out the flowers
    

• force or drive out
  • The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
    

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  • The boss fired his secretary today
    
  • The company terminated 25% of its workers
    

• force to leave (an office)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  force-out , force play , force , gouge , squirt , squeeze out , eject , evict , crowd out , rout out , drive out , rouse , depose