From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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"