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rout [raʊt]1 noun∎ to put an enemy/army to rout mettre un ennemi/une armée en déroute;∎ figurative the election was a rout fou the government l'élection a été une débâcle pour le gouvernementfouiller;∎ the pigs were routing in the soil for worms les porcs fouillaient le sol pour y trouver des versfouiller(b) (remove, force out) déloger, expulser;∎ they routed us out of our hiding-place ils nous ont délogés de notre cachette
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put somebody to rout — put sb to ˈrout idiom (literary) to defeat sb easily and completely • They put the rebel army to rout. Main entry: ↑routidiom … Useful english dictionary
rout — rout1 /rowt/, n. 1. a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder: to put an army to rout; to put reason to rout. 2. any overwhelming defeat: a rout of the home team by the state champions. 3. a… … Universalium
rout — rout1 [raut] v [T] to defeat someone completely in a battle, competition, or election rout 2 rout2 n [>C usually singular, U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: route group of people, defeat , from Latin rupta, from ruptus broken ] a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
rout — 1 verb (T) to defeat someone completely in a battle, competition, or election 2 noun (singular) a complete defeat in a battle, competition or election: put sb to rout literary (=defeat them completely in a battle) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Rout — Rout, n. [OF. route, LL. rupta, properly, a breaking, fr. L. ruptus, p. p. of rumpere to break. See {Rupture}, {reave}, and cf. {Rote} repetition of forms, {Route}. In some senses this word has been confused with rout a bellowing, an uproar.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rout — rout1 [rout] n. [ME route < OFr, troop, band, lit., part broken off < L rupta: see ROUTE] 1. a disorderly crowd; noisy mob; rabble 2. a disorderly flight or retreat, as of defeated troops [to be put to rout] 3. an overwhelming defeat 4.… … English World dictionary
Rout — Rout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Routed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Routing}.] To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout. [1913 Webster] That party . . . that charged the Scots, so totally routed and defeated their… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rout, route — Rout has several meanings, one of which indicates a way, a course, or a road, the specific meanings of route. Rout is usually pronounced rowt. This is the pronunciation often given route, but the preferred pronunciation of route is root. As a… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
put to rout — put to flight; defeat utterly I once put a gang to rout … Useful english dictionary
put to rout — index beat (defeat) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
put to rout — put to flight; defeat utterly. → rout … English new terms dictionary