squeeze out

phrasal verb

squeezed out; squeezing out; squeezes out

: to force (someone or something) out of a position, place, etc.

Big stores have squeezed out a lot of the smaller locally owned shops.

Examples of squeeze out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham is preparing for the possibility that major provisions get squeezed out of President Donald Trump’s megabill. —Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 10 June 2025

There’s no need to squeeze out the zucchini (salting and gently pressing will do the trick), as the cooking takes care of the excess moisture for you. —Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 May 2025

Simply soak 4 ounces (115g) of soy curls in a bowl of warm water to soften, then drain and squeeze out any remaining liquid. —Michael Greger, Flow Space, 24 Apr. 2025

To try to make characters that feel real to people, and then having to talk about young brothers getting their life squeezed out of them. —Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025

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.