squeeze
To press something hard with your hand or fingers.
To press something firmly, especially from opposite sides, often to make liquid or air come out or to change its shape.
To put something or someone into a small space or short time.
To manage to fit something or someone into a space or time that is almost too small or too short.
The action of pressing something hard with your hand or fingers.
An act of pressing something firmly, especially with the hand or fingers.
A boyfriend or girlfriend (informal).
A romantic partner, especially in informal speech.
To try hard to make someone give money, information, or something else.
To put pressure on someone, especially to obtain money, information, or concessions.
- Base: squeeze
- Plural: squeezes
- Base: squeeze
- 3rd Person Singular: squeezes
- Present Participle: squeezing
- Past: squeezed
a tight squeeze
1Situation with little space/time available
A situation where there is not much space or time and it is hard to fit everything in.
- It was a tight squeeze getting all the boxes into the car.
- We made it on time, but it was a tight squeeze.
put the squeeze on (someone)
1Apply strong pressure on someone
To try very hard to make someone do what you want, especially by using pressure.
- The police put the squeeze on him to confess.
- They're putting the squeeze on tenants to pay more rent.
squeeze in
1Fit into limited space/time
To find time or space for something even when it is difficult.
- I can squeeze in a quick meeting before lunch.
- They squeezed in two extra chairs for the guests.
squeeze out
1Force out by pressure/competition
To make something come out by pressing, or to remove someone by competition.
- She squeezed out the last bit of toothpaste.
- Small shops are being squeezed out by big supermarkets.