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

The three-peat is slowly, agonizingly having the life squeezed out of it by a collection of hardscrabble Midwesterners with no regard for stardom or status. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

And a fall breeze isn’t all there is, a tropical storm will help squeeze out some raindrops worth keeping an eye on into early next week. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

But not everyone thinks there’s $6 billion in cost savings to be squeezed out without negative consequences. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

This time, however, the rocket’s massive upper stage squeezed out some extra oomph from its Raptor engines and accelerated to orbital velocity, Ars reports. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

With the home crowd behind them, the Broncos will have enough juice to squeeze out a win here in what could be the first of two epic Walmart Bowls this season. — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2026

Under Swedish law, a shareholder reaching a 90% equity threshold can initiate a mandatory squeeze out of remaining minority shareholders. — CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Using tongs, transfer kale to a colander and rinse under cold running water, tossing; squeeze out excess liquid from leaves. — Carla Lalli Music, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Brayan Rocchio hears the chants, a ballpark full of fans repeating his last name before a last-ditch effort to squeeze out a home win. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 Sep. 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.