| Verb | 1. | rout out - get or find by searching; "What did you rout out in the library?" |
| 2. | rout out - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" hunt - chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood" smoke out - drive out with smoke; "smoke out the bees" | |
| 3. | rout out - cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" |