- force-out
- force′-out`n. baseballspo a put-out of a base runner on a force play•Etymology: 1895–1900, amer.
From formal English to slang. 2014.
force-out
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force out of — ˌforce ˈout of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they force out of he/she/it forces out of present participle forcing out of past tense … Useful english dictionary
force-out — • force play • force out noun A play in baseball in which a runner is out because he does not run to the next base before the fielder with the ball touches the base. Bob was out at second base when Joe hit into a force play … Словарь американских идиом
force-out — ☆ force out [fôrs′out΄ ] n. Baseball an out that results when a base runner who has been forced from a base when a teammate hits the ball fails to reach the next base before the ball does … English World dictionary
force out — index deport (banish), dislodge, eject (expel), exclude, expel, oust, supplant … Law dictionary
force out — I noun 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 … Useful english dictionary
force-out — noun 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 • … Useful english dictionary
force out of — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms force out of : present tense I/you/we/they force out of he/she/it forces out of present participle forcing out of past tense forced out of past participle forced out of force something out of someone to force… … English dictionary
force out — 1. verb a) To cause something to be ejected We are going to force out intolerance. b) 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 Jones … Wiktionary
force-out — /fawrs owt , fohrs /, n. Baseball. a put out of a base runner on a force play. [1895 1900, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase force out] * * * … Universalium
force-out — noun Date: 1896 a play in baseball in which a runner is put out by being forced to advance to the next base but failing to do so safely … New Collegiate Dictionary
