What is the meaning of squeeze out?

verb

  • Force out.
    • usage: "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"
  • Make by laborious and precarious means.
    • usage: "He eked out a living as a painter"
  • Extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing.
    • usage: "wring out the washcloth"
  • Obtain with difficulty.
    • usage: "He eked out some information from the archives"
  • Form or shape by forcing through an opening.
    • usage: "extrude steel"
  • Cause to come out in a squirt.
    • usage: "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
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APAWordNet. (2010). squeeze out. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/squeeze_out/definitions/1312626
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