squeeze out

squeeze out

See also: squeezeout

English

Verb

squeeze out (third-person singular simple present squeezes out, present participle squeezing out, simple past and past participle squeezed out)

1. (transitive) Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see squeeze,‎ out.

   Squeeze out some toothpaste and put it on your toothbrush

2. (transitive) To force a competitor out of one of a limited number of winning positions by taking over that position or a higher one

   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:

     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.

3. (transitive) To obtain a difficult victory in a competition

   The team managed to squeeze out a win in the final minutes

Translations

used other than as an idiom, to squeeze out

Chinese: Mandarin: 擠出 (zh), 挤出 (zh) (jǐchū), 壓出, 压出 (yāchū) Dutch: uitknijpen (nl), uitpersen (nl) Finnish: puristaa (fi) French: exprimer (fr)

German: ausdrücken (de), ausquetschen Japanese: 絞り出す (しぼりだす, shiboridasu) Malay: مماچول‎ (ms) (memacul) Russian: выжима́ть (ru) impf (vyžimátʹ), жать (ru) impf (žatʹ), вы́жать (ru) pf (výžatʹ), выда́вливать (ru) impf (vydávlivatʹ), вы́давить (ru) pf (výdavitʹ)

to force out competitors

Chinese: Mandarin: 擠掉 (zh), 挤掉 (zh) (jǐdiào)

Finnish: pudottaa (fi) Russian: вытесня́ть (ru) impf (vytesnjátʹ), тесни́ть (ru) impf (tesnítʹ), вы́теснить (ru) pf (výtesnitʹ)