VERB
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press, force, or thrust out of a small space
The weeds crowded out the flowers -
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 -
emit or cause to move with force of effort
force out the splinter
force out the air -
force or drive out
The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M. -
force with the thumb
gouge out his eyes -
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
The company terminated 25% of its workers
The boss fired his secretary today - force to leave (an office)
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cause to come out in a squirt
the boy squirted water at his little sister
NOUN
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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
How To Use force out In A Sentence
- Other shots revealed the futile efforts of firefighters as they built fireguards or dropped plane-loads of water and fire retardant on a natural force out of control.
- High rents force out Veteran Clubs in New York City.
- Users can control the force output of the head easily by squeezing the throttle lever.
- force out the air
- In addition, the submarine ran its diesel engines, channeling the exhaust into the forward ballast tanks in an effort to force out more of the water and make the ship lighter.
- force out the splinter
- The batter hits a ground ball to shortstop, who tosses the ball to the second baseman covering the bag for a force out.
- No matter how many times she swallowed, she couldn't force out words to describe what Raleigh had done to Donna Lyon. ONLY YOU
- When I think of the devil, I don't picture an evil force out to destroy us all by any means necessary.
- Firemen used a positive pressure ventilator to force out the smoke.