starve out

Meaning

1. starve sb out (of sth)

   to force sb to leave a particular building or area by not allowing them to get any food

In the movies · 5

• Man, you know how they tryin' to starve me out.Straight Outta Compton2015
• We'll starve them out, then kill them. Starting in shall we say, 1 5 minutes?Fantastic Mr. Fox2009
• But if we fight, they can stay right where they are and starve us out.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969
• They intend to starve us out before they start a proper fight Concentrate their force Hit us from the right Liar!Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• - Trying to starve the people out. - Why?Three Kings1999

Learn it in full scenes

• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969
  • Sundance Accused of Cheating at Cards
  • Harvey Challenges Butch's Leadership
  • The Posse Rides Out

From the same entry

• be starving
• starve into doing
• starve of