rout out

Verb
  1. Get or find by searching (synset 202297226)
    "What did you rout out in the library?"
    entail: look, search - search or seek
    is a type of: find, regain - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
    same as: rout up
  2. Force or drive out (synset 202060390)
    "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
    is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
    subtypes:
    • hunt - chase away, with as with force
    • smoke out - drive out with smoke
    same as: drive out, force out, rouse
    verb group: chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  3. Cause to flee (synset 201111362)
    "rout out the fighters from their caves"
    is a type of: defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over
    same as: expel, rout

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