| VERB | possession | rout out, rout up | get or find by searching |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | rout out, drive out, force out, rouse | force or drive out | |
| competition | rout out, rout, expel | cause to flee |
| Meaning | Get or find by searching. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "What did you rout out in the library?" | |
| Synonym | rout up | |
| Entails | search, look | Search or seek |
| Broader | find, regain | come upon after searching |
| Spanish | hacer salir | |
| Meaning | Force or drive out. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | drive out, force out, rouse | |
| Narrower | hunt | chase away, with as with force |
| smoke out | drive out with smoke | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Similar to | chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off | Force to go away |
| Spanish | empujar, hacer salir | |
| Meaning | Cause to flee. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "rout out the fighters from their caves" | |
| Synonyms | rout, expel | |
| Broader | get the better of, overcome, defeat | win a victory over |
| Spanish | expulsar | |
| Catalan | expulsar | |
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