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squeeze out

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. squeeze outverb

    force out

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

  2. eke out, squeeze outverb

    make by laborious and precarious means

    "He eked out a living as a painter"

  3. wring out, squeeze outverb

    extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing

    "wring out the washcloth"

  4. eke out, squeeze outverb

    obtain with difficulty

    "He eked out some information from the archives"

  5. extrude, squeeze outverb

    form or shape by forcing through an opening

    "extrude steel"

  6. squirt, force out, squeeze out, ejectverb

    cause to come out in a squirt

    "the boy squirted water at his little sister"

Wiktionary

  1. squeeze outverb

    To force a substance out of a container by squeezing the container

  2. squeeze outverb

    To force a competitor out of one of a limited number of winning positions by taking over that position or a higher one

  3. squeeze outverb

    To obtain a difficult victory in a competition

ChatGPT

  1. squeeze out

    "Squeeze out" generally refers to the act of forcing someone or something out of a particular situation, role, or position, typically in order to gain an advantage or benefit. This can be done directly or indirectly, often through unfair means or pressure. It can also refer to the act of extracting something, such as liquid or information, by compressing or applying pressure. The term is often used in business, finance, and social contexts.

Wikidata

  1. Squeeze out

    Squeeze out is a term referring to the compulsory acquisition of the stakes of a small group of shareholders from a joint stock company by means of cash compensation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of squeeze out in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of squeeze out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of squeeze out in a Sentence

  1. Jonathan Lehr:

    Banks are looking for other ways to squeeze out profit, they get more eyes on their homegrown technology and it's a good opportunity to build their brand with potential recruits.

  2. Eva Almiron-Roig:

    Young children may find it difficult to chew a whole hard fruit, or eat it with the skin, there is also the issue about … whether soda may squeeze out fruit juice consumption in older children or in children from specific ethnic backgrounds.

  3. Randolph Bourne:

    We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear. Although we can never rivet our fortune so tight as to make it impregnible, we may by our excessive prudence squeeze out of the life that we are guarding so anxiously all the adventurous quality that makes it worth living.

  4. Theo Epstein:

    Guilty as charged, the role of the general manager lends itself to thinking about every single thing you can do to squeeze out one more win for your team… You don’t have time to sit back and think about the aesthetic value of the game or even the entertainment value of the game.

  5. Pat McDonough:

    They have trademarked words like McKids, McFamily, McCountry, McWorld, McJob and McInternet in order to, over time, squeeze out smaller family-based businesses, this means that if any McGrath, McCarthy or McDermott with a business idea uses their name in the title of that business or product, the chances are McDonald’s already own the trademark and you can probably expect a knock on the door from them.


Translations for squeeze out

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  • ausquetschen, ausdrückenGerman
  • puristaa, pudottaaFinnish
  • exprimerFrench
  • निचोड़नाHindi
  • 絞り出すJapanese
  • uitpersen, uitknijpenDutch
  • выжимать, вытеснить, выдавить, выдавливать, теснить, жать, вытеснять, выжатьRussian

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