verb
1. get or find by searching (Freq. 1)
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What did you rout out in the library?
• Syn: ↑rout up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
2. force or drive out (Freq. 1)
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The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
• Verb Group:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
3. cause to flee
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rout out the fighters from their caves
• Hypernyms: ↑get the better of, ↑overcome, ↑defeat
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
Useful english dictionary. 2012.