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/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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Etymology of 'Rout out'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rout out" Quotes from Famous Books

... to struggle through the drifts to the village, and there rout out a sleigh to convey him to Weymore; but what if, on his arrival at Mrs. Culme's, no one remembered to ask him what this devotion to duty had cost? That, again, was one of the contingencies he had expensively ...

— Short Stories for English Courses • Various (Rosa M. R. Mikels ed.)

... 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

... guessed his wife's meaning, and turning to Luce, said, "Rout out the whole gang and ...

— Tempest and Sunshine • Mary J. Holmes

... when he was working on one side a crafty sheep on the other would steal out into the thicket. Then Mescal called and Wolf flashed back to her, lifting his proud head, eager, spirited, ready to take his order. A word, a wave of her whip sufficed for the dog to rout out the recalcitrant sheep and send ...

— The Heritage of the Desert • Zane Grey

... rout out the secrets from every corner of her being, and to scatter them upon the ground as ...

— The Garden Of Allah • Robert Hichens