squeeze out
See also: squeezeout
English
editVerb
editsqueeze out (third-person singular simple present squeezes out, present participle squeezing out, simple past and past participle squeezed out)
- (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see squeeze, out.
- Squeeze out some toothpaste and put it on your toothbrush.
- 1963 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 115:
- Nothing more can be squeezed out of the motive power unit once the master controller has been moved to full on.
- (transitive) (sports) To force (a competitor) out of one of a limited number of winning positions by taking over that position or a higher one.
- Coordinate term: force out
- I auditioned and I would have had the role, but I got squeezed out by a more experienced actor
- They came from nowhere to take over second place, squeezing out the previously eighth-place team
- 2011 November 3, David Ornstein, “Macc Tel-Aviv 1 - 2 Stoke”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Huth headed wide inside two minutes, Andy Wilkinson blasted over from Shotton's cut-back and Jones was squeezed out when bearing down on goal.
- (transitive) (business) To oust (someone, especially shareholders).
- (transitive) To obtain (a difficult victory) in a competition.
- The team managed to squeeze out a win in the final minutes.
- The team managed to squeeze it out.
Derived terms
edit- squeezeout (noun)
Translations
editused other than as an idiom, to squeeze out
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to force out competitors
to obtain a difficult victory in a competition
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