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

The entry of these corporations could lead to market consolidation, squeezing out smaller players and potentially stifling innovation. —Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025

Isn’t there still some juice to squeeze out of a season spent exceeding expectations on so many levels until this week in St. Louis? —Murat Ates, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025

According to Davines, squeeze out excess water from hair after shampooing. —Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025

Or lean into your suppliers to squeeze out some better margins. —Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 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.