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- Dictionaryoust/aʊst/
verb
- 1. drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place: "the reformists were ousted from power"
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OUST definition: 1. to force someone to leave a position of power, job, place, or competition: 2. to force someone…. Learn more.
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.
to force someone to leave a position of power, job, place, or competition: The president was ousted ( from power) in a military coup in January 1987. Police are trying to oust drug dealers from the city . Last year's NCAA winners have been ousted from the tournament. Fewer examples.
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.
Oust definition: to expel or remove from a place or position occupied. See examples of OUST used in a sentence.
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.
verb. If someone is ousted from a position of power, job, or place, they are forced to leave it. [journalism] The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists. [be VERB -ed] Last week they tried to oust him in a parliamentary vote of no confidence. [VERB noun] ...the ousted government. [VERB-ed]
1. to force out of a position or place; supplant or expel. 2. (Law) property law to deprive (a person) of the possession of land. [C16: from Anglo-Norman ouster, from Latin obstāre to withstand, from ob- against + stāre to stand]
verb. ousted, ousting, ousts. To force or drive out; expel, dispossess, eject, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To effect an ouster of (a party) from a property. American Heritage. Synonyms: boot-out. drum-out. expel. kick out. throw out. topple. fire. unseat. displace. bar. remove. dethrone. dispossess. dislodge. depose. Antonyms:
oust definition: to force someone to leave a position of power or responsibility: . Learn more.
