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force play

[ fawrs pley ]

noun

, Baseball.
  1. a defensive play in which the fielder holding the ball can make a putout by stepping on, or otherwise touching, the base that a runner is heading toward, having been forced to advance to that base because of a batter’s base hit.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of force play1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

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