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Rout out   /raʊt aʊt/   Listen
verb
Rout  v. t.  To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
To rout out
(a)
To turn up to view, as if by rooting; to discover; to find.
(b)
To turn out by force or compulsion; as, to rout people out of bed. (Colloq.)





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"Rout out" Quotes from Famous Books



... engendered by the legends which make it famous. I think he showed some boldness in venturing into such a place alone. I confess that, before I went in, I should want to fire a Gatling gun into the mouth for a little while, in order to rout out the bears which usually dwell there. He went in, however. The entrance was low; but the cave was spacious, not large, but big enough, with a level floor and a vaulted ceiling. It had long been deserted, ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner
... a few words to say to them early-bird sailors that's house-cleanin' the decks," says I. "I'm goin' to ask you to stay in the boat, Mr. Ellins, and look worried. The rest can go aboard. Captain Killam might rout out the chef and get action on an ...
— Wilt Thou Torchy • Sewell Ford
... rout out the secrets from every corner of her being, and to scatter them upon the ground as ...
— The Garden Of Allah • Robert Hichens
... better rout out the boss," screamed Solly to Wallace Carpenter; "this damn water's comin' up an inch an hour right along. When she backs up once, she'll push this ...
— The Blazed Trail • Stewart Edward White
... to them for some distance steps up). Well done, father! Rout out his baggage! Beat up his quarters! there is something there that ...
— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller


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