force-out

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
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the shortstop got the runner at second on a force

Syn: ↑force out, ↑force play, ↑force
Topics: ↑baseball, ↑baseball game
Hypernyms: ↑putout

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: from force out, v.

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/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]

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force-out «FRS OWT», noun.
Baseball. a putout resulting from a force play.

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/ˈfoɚsˌaʊt/ noun, pl -outs [count]
baseball : a play in which a runner who is forced to run to the next base is put out when the player who has the ball touches the base

a force-out at second base

called also force, force play

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ˈforce-out 7 [force-out] noun
(in baseball) a situation in which a player running to a ↑base is out because a ↑fielder is holding the ball at the base

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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