squeeze out

verb

squeezed out; squeezing out; squeezes out

transitive verb

: to force out of a position, place, etc.

a small local restaurant squeezed out by a fast-food chain

Examples of squeeze out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even on a day when 2025 Nationa League strikeout leader Logan Webb threw his first complete game of the season, the Marlins managed to squeeze out five hits and two runs over eight innings. —Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 21 June 2026

Cover with remaining bread rounds, mayonnaise sides down, pressing to adhere and allow any excess mayonnaise to squeeze out slightly past bread edges. —Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 June 2026

If automakers are allowed to wall off auto repairs to a corporate-only business, independent mechanics will get squeezed out of existence. —Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 11 June 2026

They’re often placed in precarious roles, squeezed out during economic downturns, or worn down by additional pressures their male peers aren’t always facing. —Liz Elting, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

Rhymes for squeeze out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout

Legal Definition

squeezeout

noun

squeeze·​out

ˈskwēz-ˌau̇t

: a corporate action or series of actions (as a refusal to declare dividends or the restricting of decision-making power in corporate governance) through which majority shareholders deprive minority shareholders of the benefit of stock ownership usually as part of an attempt to force sale of minority shares compare freezeout

Note: Freezeout and squeezeout are sometimes used as synonyms.