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noun Baseball.

a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner.

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Origin of force play

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Words nearby force play

force-march, forcemeat, force of habit, force of mastication, force-out, force play, forceps, forceps delivery, force pump, forcer, force-ripe

How to use force play in a sentence

Have there been discussions with FX regarding an Archer movie, and how do you think that would play out?
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Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.
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Shortly after dawn, there was another outbreak of deadly force.
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Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
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He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.
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I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
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But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The Goliath wouldn't answer; the Dublin said the force was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.
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To fill up the time till Liszt came, our hostess made us play, one after the other, beginning with the latest arrival.
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For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
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