Force Out (Verb)
Meaning 1
Force to leave (an office).
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The authorities were given the authority to force out anyone occupying the property without a legitimate claim to it.
- The tenants had to pay their rent arrears or risk being force out of their home by the court order.
- The government decided to force out the tenants of the apartment complex to make way for a new development project.
- After repeated missed payments the bank moved to force out the homeowners from the foreclosed property.
- The landlord threat to force out the tenants if they did not comply with the terms of the lease agreement.
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Meaning 3
Emit or cause to move with force of effort; "force out the air"; "force out the splinter".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 4
Press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds crowded out the flowers".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The big corporations have used their influence to force out small business owners and assert their dominance in the local market.
- Years of heavy use have forced out many of the old sailors, replaced by younger, less experienced people.
- Higher rent payments have started to force out some of our long-time low-income residents who can no longer afford to stay here.
- Invasive species have crowded out native plants and affected the entire ecosystem.
- Weeds had forced out nearly all the grass in the unmaintained lawn by the time we arrived on the scene.
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Meaning 5
Cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 6
Force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 7
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 8
Force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The opposing team's loud fans attempted to force_out the home team's supporters by drowning out their cheers.
- After months of battling, the police finally managed to force_out the protesters from the occupied building.
- Persistent rains have begun to force_out the flood victims from their makeshift camps along the riverbanks.
- Protests erupted as the government officials tried to force_out the native residents to make way for a new development.
- Demolition workers have been sent to force_out the remaining residents of the condemned apartment complex today.