force out

/fɔrs aʊt/

Other forms: forces out; forcing out

Definitions of force out

1. verb

   force or drive out
   synonyms: drive out, rouse, rout out

   chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back

   force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

   types:

   hunt

   chase away, with as with force

   smoke out

   drive out with smoke

   flush

   force to come into the open, as from a place of concealment

   type of:

   displace, move

   cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
2. verb

   expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
   synonyms: evict

   evict

   expel or eject without recourse to legal process

   type of:

   boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turf out, turn out

   put out or expel from a place
3. verb

   press, force, or thrust out of a small space
   synonyms: crowd out

   type of:

   displace

   cause to move, usually with force or pressure
4. verb

   cause to come out in a squirt
   synonyms: eject, squeeze out, squirt

   types:

   spritz

   eject (a liquid) quickly

   extravasate

   force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel

   type of:

   discharge

   pour forth or release
5. verb

   emit or cause to move with force of effort
   “force out the air”

   “force out the splinter”

   type of:

   breathe, emit, pass off

   expel (gases or odors)
6. verb

   force with the thumb
   synonyms: gouge

   type of:

   mar, mutilate

   destroy or injure severely
7. verb

   terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
   synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate

   types:

   retire

   make (someone) retire

   pension off

   let go from employment with an attractive pension

   clean out

   force out

   furlough, lay off

   dismiss from work, usually for economic reasons

   squeeze out

   force out

   dismiss, drop, send away, send packing

   stop associating with

   superannuate

   retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability

   downsize

   dismiss from work

   type of:

   remove

   remove from a position or an office
8. verb

   force to leave (an office)
   synonyms: depose

   types:

   bring down, overthrow, overturn, subvert, topple

   cause the downfall of; of rulers

   revolutionize

   overthrow by a revolution, of governments

   type of:

   boot out, drum out, expel, kick out, oust, throw out

   remove from a position or office
9. 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
   synonyms: force, force play, force-out

   type of:

   putout

   an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)