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–noun Baseball.
a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner.
Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism
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force play  
n.   Baseball

  1. A play in which a runner is put out when forced by the batter to move to the next base and a fielder holding the ball touches that base first.

  2. The condition under which such a play can be made: intentionally walked the batter to create a force play at second.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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