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   Oust

   /oust/

   

   verb

   • 1. drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place: "he ousted a long-term incumbent by only 500 votes"
   • ▪ deprive (someone) of or exclude (someone) from possession of something.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a legal term): from Anglo-Norman French ouster ‘take away’, from Latin obstare ‘oppose, hinder’.

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   What does oust mean?

   • The meaning of OUST is to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity. How to use oust in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Oust.

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   What does ouster mean in English?

   • 1. To eject from a position or place; force out: "the American Revolution, which ousted the English" (Virginia S. Eifert). 2. Law To effect an ouster of (a party) from a property. [Middle English ousten, from Anglo-Norman ouster, from Latin obstāre, to hinder; see obstacle .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   What is the difference between eject and oust?

   • eject, expel, oust, evict mean to drive or force out. eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action. expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical. oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion.

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   Oust means to remove or dispossess of property or position by legal action, force, or compulsion. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles of oust.

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   Oust means to force someone to leave a position of power, job, place, or competition. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, with synonyms, antonyms, and translations.

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   Oust means to force someone to leave a position of power, job, place, or competition. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, synonyms, and translations.

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   Oust definition: to expel or remove from a place or position occupied. See examples of OUST used in a sentence.

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   To oust is to “expel,” “kick out,” or “remove and replace.” When you oust someone, you are “giving them the boot.” A sports team is ousted from a tournament if they lose an elimination round.

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   Oust means to force out of a position or place, or to replace someone or something. See the origin, synonyms, translations and usage of oust in sentences from various sources.

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   oust. to force somebody out of a job or position of power, especially in order to take their place. oust somebody (as something) He was ousted as chairman. oust somebody (from something) The rebels finally managed to oust the government from power.