force out

force out
    n 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" [syn: {force out}, {force-out}, {force play},
         {force}]
    v 1: force to leave (an office) [syn: {depose}, {force out}]
    2: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or
       position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company
       terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: {displace}, {fire},
       {give notice}, {can}, {dismiss}, {give the axe}, {send away},
       {sack}, {force out}, {give the sack}, {terminate}] [ant:
       {employ}, {engage}, {hire}]
    3: force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2
       A.M." [syn: {rout out}, {drive out}, {force out}, {rouse}]
    4: press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds
       crowded out the flowers" [syn: {force out}, {crowd out}]
    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}, {force out}]
    6: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his
       little sister" [syn: {squirt}, {force out}, {squeeze out},
       {eject}]
    7: force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" [syn: {gouge},
       {force out}]
    8: emit or cause to move with force of effort; "force out the
       air"; "force out the splinter"