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

Instead of being part of a healthy, long-term system, the company becomes a tool for squeezing out quick profits. —Jim Vinoski, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

Make sure to squeeze out excess water that may drip into the heating components. —Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025

Israel has tried to squeeze out the residents by depriving the area of humanitarian aid and destroying much of its remaining infrastructure, but many remain. —Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025

That said, the fuel savings is worth the risk for some drivers who want to squeeze out extra miles during city driving. —Charles Singh, USA Today, 8 Sep. 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.