force out
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Definition(s):
- (n) 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
- (v) force to leave (an office)
- (v) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- (v) force or drive out
- (v) press, force, or thrust out of a small space
- (v) expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
- (v) cause to come out in a squirt
- (v) force with the thumb
- (v) emit or cause to move with force of effort
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Usage(s):
- Life is really hard, and I don't see some active benevolent force out there.
- Other police have quit the force out of fear of being targeted.
- A year later, South Koreans took to the streets to force out their dictator.
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