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Squeeze out Common

Squeeze out has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

force out

"Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"

2

make by laborious and precarious means

"He eked out a living as a painter"

3

extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing

"wring out the washcloth"

4

obtain with difficulty

"He eked out some information from the archives"

5

form or shape by forcing through an opening

"extrude steel"

6

cause to come out in a squirt

"the boy squirted water at his little sister"

7

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see squeeze,‎ out.

Example Sentences
"Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" verb
"He eked out a living as a painter" verb
"wring out the washcloth" verb
"He eked out some information from the archives" verb
"extrude steel" verb
"the boy squirted water at his little sister" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
displace gain extract obtain produce discharge
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
spritz extravasate
Rhyming Words
out tout yout hout gout pout aout dout lout bout kout rout fout scout grout smout chout plout x out trout
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