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force out
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 play, force
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
putout
1. 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, give the sack, terminate
• Ant:
hire (for: fire)
• Derivationally related forms:
sack (for: sack), sacking (for: sack), dismissible (for: dismiss), dismission (for: dismiss), dismissal (for: dismiss), firing (for: fire)
• Hypernyms:
remove
• Hyponyms:
retire, pension off, clean out, furlough, lay off,
squeeze out, dismiss, send packing, send away, drop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the sack)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the axe)
2. press, force, or thrust out of a small space
- The weeds crowded out the flowers
• Syn:
crowd out
• Hypernyms:
displace
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. force to leave (an office)
• Syn:
depose
• Derivationally related forms:
deposition (for: depose)
• Hypernyms:
oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel
• Hyponyms:
overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. force or drive out
- The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
• Syn:
rout out, drive out, rouse
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
hunt, smoke out
• Verb Group:
chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel,
drive off, run off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
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
• Derivationally related forms:
eviction (for: evict)
• Hypernyms:
eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out
• Verb Group:
evict
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
6. cause to come out in a squirt
- the boy squirted water at his little sister
• Syn:
squirt, squeeze out, eject
• Derivationally related forms:
ejection (for: eject), squirt (for: squirt), squirter (for: squirt)
• Hypernyms:
discharge
• Hyponyms:
spritz, extravasate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
7. force with the thumb
- gouge out his eyes
• Syn:
gouge
• See Also:
gouge out (for: gouge)
• Derivationally related forms:
gouger (for: gouge), gouge (for: gouge)
• Hypernyms:
mutilate, mar
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. emit or cause to move with force of effort
- force out the air
- force out the splinter
• Hypernyms:
emit, breathe, pass off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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