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"
WordNet (r) 2.0
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