squeezesqueeze1 /skwiz/ ●●● verb 
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[transitive] to press something firmly together with your fingers or hands: 
She squeezed Jim’s shoulder gently.2[transitive] to twist or press something in order to get liquid out of it: Squeeze some lemon juice onto the salad.THESAURUSpress, squash, crush, compress► see thesaurus at press13[intransitive, transitive] to try to make a person or thing fit into a small space SYN squash: Can you squeeze in next to Rick? She had to squeeze past boxes of books to get to the front door.4squeeze somebody/something in informal to manage to do something although you are very busy: Professor Lang can squeeze you in at 2.5squeeze somebody/something out (of something) to not let someone or something take part in something: Some small businesses are being squeezed out of the market.6[transitive] social studies, economics to strictly limit the amount of money that is available to an organization: Many schools have been squeezed by budget cuts. [Origin: 1500–1600 quease “to press, squeeze” (15–17 centuries), from Old English cwysan]
1 [transitive] to press something firmly together with your fingers or hands: She squeezed Jim’s shoulder gently.2[transitive] to twist or press something in order to get liquid out of it: Squeeze some lemon juice onto the salad.THESAURUSpress, squash, crush, compress► see thesaurus at press13[intransitive, transitive] to try to make a person or thing fit into a small space SYN squash: Can you squeeze in next to Rick? She had to squeeze past boxes of books to get to the front door.4squeeze somebody/something in informal to manage to do something although you are very busy: Professor Lang can squeeze you in at 2.5squeeze somebody/something out (of something) to not let someone or something take part in something: Some small businesses are being squeezed out of the market.6[transitive] social studies, economics to strictly limit the amount of money that is available to an organization: Many schools have been squeezed by budget cuts. [Origin: 1500–1600 quease “to press, squeeze” (15–17 centuries), from Old English cwysan]
