force out

noun Baseball.

a put-out of a base runner on a force play.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase force out

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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" [syn: force out]

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force out
noun
1.	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
1.	force to leave (an office) [syn: depose]
2.	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [ant: employ]
3.	force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." [syn: rout out]
4.	press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds crowded out the flowers"
5.	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" [syn: evict]
6.	cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" [syn: squirt]
7.	force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" [syn: gouge]
8.	emit or cause to move with force of effort; "force out the air"; "force out the splinter"

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