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"