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Definition of "force out" [force out]

  • To cause something to be ejected (verb)
  • To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground (verb)
  • An instance of an out created by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground. (noun)

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Use "force out" in a sentence
  • "He took a strong force out to Beymaroo, and the Kabulis - just a damned drove of shopkeepers and stable hands, mark you, not real Afghan warriors - chased him and his troops back to the cantonment."
  • "Dr. Barnes has beautifully and briefly expressed this on the last page of his work on slavery, when he says: “Not all the force out of the church could sustain slavery an hour if it were not sustained in it.”"
  • "To the Minneapolitans, it seemed like Bubbles didnt know how to force out a base runner."