rout sb out

US — phrasal verb with rout

/raʊt/ verb [T] formal

Definition

› to make someone come out of the place where they are: His wife had to rout him out of the crowd.Removing and extractingTaking things away from someone or somewhereRemoving and getting rid of things

(Definition of rout sb out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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