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force play
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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
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