force someone out Definition

force¹
noun

1. Strength; power; impact or impetus.

Thesaurus: strength, power, might, energy, vitality, potency.
2. Compulsion, especially with threats or violence.
3. Military power.
4. Passion or earnestness.

Thesaurus: determination, persistence, willpower, drive, energy.
5. Strength or validity.

Example: the force of her argument
Example: come into force
6. Meaning.
7. Influence.

Example: by force of habit
8. A person or thing seen as an influence.

Example: a force for good
9a. physics.
(SI unit newton)any external agent that produces a change in the speed or direction of a moving object, or that makes a stationary object move;
Example: the force of gravity
9b. physics.
(SI unit newton)any external agent that produces a strain on a static object.
10. Any irresistible power or agency.

Example: the forces of nature
11. The term used in specifying an index between 0 and 12 on the Beaufort Scale, each of which corresponds to a different wind speed.

Example: a gale of force 8
Example: a force-10 gale
12a. A military body;

Thesaurus: army, battalion, corps, regiment, legion, troop, detail, division, patrol, unit.
12b. A nation's armed services.

Form: the forces
13. Any organized body or workers, etc.
14. The police force.

Form: the force

verb forced, forcing

1. To make or compel someone to do something.

Thesaurus: compel, coerce, press, drive, make, impel, obligate, necessitate, require, order.
2. To obtain something by effort, strength, threats, violence, etc.

Example: forced an admission from them
3. To produce something with an effort.
4. To inflict, eg views, opinions etc (on someone).

Example: force one's opinions on people
5. To make (a plant) grow or (fruit) ripen unnaturally quickly or early so that it can appear on the market out of its normal season.

Example: Nowadays, tomatoes are often forced
6. To strain.

Example: force one's voice
7. cards.
To induce or make someone play a particular suit or in a particular way.

Derivative: forceless
adj

Derivative: forcer
noun

Idiom: force one's way

To make progress by effort or ruthless determination.

Idiom: force someone's hand

To compel them to act in a certain way.

Idiom: in force

Said of a law, etc: valid; effective.

In large numbers.
Example: Protestors arrived in force
Thesaurus: in full strength, all together, en masse.

Idiom: join forces

To come together or unite for a purpose.

Etymology: 13c: from Latin fortia strength.

Phrasal Verb: force someone or something back or out

To drive them back or out, especially meeting resistance.