追おい落おとす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

oust; dethrone; displace from power

Used for removing someone from a position of authority, often through political or competitive means.

• ライバル会社がいしゃの社しゃ長ちょうを追おい落おとすために、様さま々ざまな策さく略りゃくを巡めぐらせた。

  They devised various schemes to oust the president of the rival company.

• 彼かれは政せい敵てきを追おい落おとして、ついに大だい統とう領りょうの座ざに就ついた。

  He dethroned his political opponents and finally assumed the presidency.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

drive down; chase down

Used for pursuing and forcing someone or something into a lower or confined area, such as a valley or corner.

• 猟りょう犬けんが獲え物ものを谷たに底そこへ追おい落おとした。

  The hunting dogs drove the prey down into the valley.

• 敵てき軍ぐんを崖がけっぷちまで追おい落おとす。

  They chase the enemy forces to the edge of the cliff.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

capture a castle; seize by driving out

Historical military term for taking a castle by forcing out its defenders.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、多おおくの武ぶ将しょうが城しろを追おい落おとして領りょう地ちを広ひろげた。

  During the Warring States period, many warlords captured castles and expanded their territories.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

drive away; exile; snatch; wrest

Archaic uses: driving someone from the capital or a place, exiling, or forcibly taking something. Sense 5 (snatch/wrest/waylay) is rare and mostly historical.

• 古ふるい記き録ろくには、罪ざい人にんを都みやこから追おい落おとしたとある。

  Old records say that criminals were driven away from the capital.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょでは、追おい落おとすが「奪うばい取とる」の意い味みで使つかわれることもある。

  In ancient documents, 追い落とす is sometimes used to mean 'to snatch' or 'to wrest'.