Meaning

• An instance of an out created 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.

  "A force out was recorded on the scorecard."

Meaning

• To cause something to be ejected

  "We are going to force out intolerance."

• 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 forced out Smith to end the inning."