· get or find by searching; "What did you rout out in the library?"
Synonym(s): rout_up
· force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
Synonym(s): drive_out, force_out, rouse
· cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"
Hypernym(s): get_the_better_of, overcome, defeat