Source : WordNet®
force out
v 1: force to leave (an office) [syn: {depose}]
2: terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary
today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn:
{fire}, {give notice}, {can}, {dismiss}, {give the axe}, {send
away}, {sack}, {give the sack}, {terminate}] [ant: {hire}]
3: force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2
A.M." [syn: {rout out}, {drive out}, {rouse}]
4: force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
[syn: {displace}]
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}]
6: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at
his little sister" [syn: {squirt}, {squeeze out}, {eject}]
7: force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" [syn: {gouge}]
8: emit with force of effort; "force out the air"