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

These actions are really squeezing out brokers and putting enormous pressure on StubHub and the other secondary sellers. —Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025

Additionally, this mouse can squeeze out 250 hours out of one AA battery. —PC Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025

On the campaign trail, Wilson thought of replicating Mamdani’s campaign strategy to squeeze out a win. —Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 17 Nov. 2025

It's been a volatile few days, but the S & P 500 is still on track to squeeze out a gain for the week. —Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Nov. 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.