rout out

/raʊt aʊt/

Other forms: routs out

Definitions of rout out

1. verb

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

   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

   cause to flee
   synonyms: expel, rout

   type of:

   defeat, get the better of, overcome

   win a victory over
3. verb

   get or find by searching
   “What did you rout out in the library?”

   synonyms: rout up

   type of:

   find, regain

   come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost