to make someone come out of the place where they areoften + of
His wife had to rout him out of bed.
phraserout out1.rout out sb/sth • rout sb/sth out to force someone or something to come out of the place where they are+ ofThe dog had routed a rabbit out of its hole and was chasing it across the field.■ SIMILAR TO: force out2.rout out sth • rout sth out to search among things and find the thing you are looking for: Mum's routing out all our spare clothes to give to homeless families.■ SIMILAR TO: dig out, hunt out
rout out
To force someone out of or away from some place or thing. A noun or pronoun can be used between "rout" and "out." The police commissioner directed the SWAT team to rout out the protestors from their encampment outside city hall.Our soldiers have finally managed to rout the enemy out.