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English noun: force out | |||
| 1. | force out (act) 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 | ||
| Samples | The shortstop got the runner at second on a force. | ||
| Synonyms | force, force play, force-out | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | putout | ||
| Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
English verb: force out | |||
| 1. | force out (social) force to leave (an office) | ||
| Synonyms | depose | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | boot out, drum out, expel, kick out, oust, throw out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bring down, overthrow, overturn, subvert | ||
| 2. | force out (social) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | ||
| Samples | 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 | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clean out, dismiss, drop, furlough, lay off, pension off, retire, send away, send packing, squeeze out | ||
| Antonyms | hire, employ, engage | ||
| 3. | force out (motion) force or drive out | ||
| Samples | The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.. | ||
| Synonyms | drive out, rouse, rout out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hunt, smoke out | ||
| Verb group | chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back | ||
| 4. | force out (motion) press, force, or thrust out of a small space | ||
| Samples | The weeds crowded out the flowers. | ||
| Synonyms | crowd out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace | ||
| 5. | force out (contact) expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process | ||
| Samples | The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months. | ||
| Synonyms | evict | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turf out, turn out | ||
| Verb group | evict | ||
| 6. | force out (contact) cause to come out in a squirt | ||
| Samples | The boy squirted water at his little sister. | ||
| Synonyms | eject, squeeze out, squirt | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discharge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | extravasate, spritz | ||
| 7. | force out (contact) force with the thumb | ||
| Samples | Gouge out his eyes. | ||
| Synonyms | gouge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mar, mutilate | ||
| 8. | force out (body) emit or cause to move with force of effort | ||
| Samples | Force out the air. Force out the splinter. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | breathe, emit, pass off | ||
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