squeeze up
phrasal verb
squeezed up; squeezing up; squeezes up
British
: to move closer together
Squeeze up, please. We need to make room for one more person.
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Flick will not back down from his high-line philosophy as squeezing up the pitch allows Barcelona to dominate territory and bring their technically gifted players closer to goal.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
While not tested, Apple says its engineers were able to squeeze up to 27 hours of video playback – remarkable for such a thin device.
—Marc Saltzman, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Some squeeze up against the walls; others flow onto the front steps on the streets of Lavapiés, a gentrifying Madrid neighborhood.
—Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2025
Here, a better, more co-ordinated, fitter team would jump on a backwards pass and squeeze up.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Zen 5 will also have a Zen 5c variant with the same design goal, likely part of how AMD managed to squeeze up to 192 cores on an Epyc Turin CPU die.
—Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 15 July 2024
Seeing thousands of fans jump up and down, mosh and squeeze up against the barricade to sing along live aren’t moments lost on these guys, either.
—Kelli Fadroski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2024
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
While not tested, Apple says its engineers were able to squeeze up to 27 hours of video playback – remarkable for such a thin device.
—Marc Saltzman, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Some squeeze up against the walls; others flow onto the front steps on the streets of Lavapiés, a gentrifying Madrid neighborhood.
—Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2025
Here, a better, more co-ordinated, fitter team would jump on a backwards pass and squeeze up.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Zen 5 will also have a Zen 5c variant with the same design goal, likely part of how AMD managed to squeeze up to 192 cores on an Epyc Turin CPU die.
—Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 15 July 2024
Seeing thousands of fans jump up and down, mosh and squeeze up against the barricade to sing along live aren’t moments lost on these guys, either.
—Kelli Fadroski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2024
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“Squeeze up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squeeze%20up. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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