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    oust
    /aʊst/

    verb

    • 1. drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place: "the reformists were ousted from power"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishOUST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    OUST definition: 1. to force someone to leave a position of power, job, place, or competition: 2. to force someone…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › oustOust Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    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.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryOUST | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    OUST meaning: 1. to force someone to leave a position of power, job, place, or competition: 2. to force someone…. Learn more.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › oustOUST Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Oust definition: to expel or remove from a place or position occupied. See examples of OUST used in a sentence.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishOUST definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    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]

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › oustOust - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A teacher may oust you from class if you are being disruptive, or you might oust your class president from her position if you beat her in the election. To oust is to “expel,” “kick out,” or “remove and replace.”

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › oustOust - definition of oust by The Free Dictionary

    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]