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

When researchers first began tinkering with large-scale additive manufacturing, printers squeezed out material at a sluggish 20 pounds per hour. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

Users who stacked up more metal discs to make more powerful piles found the weight of the discs squeezed out the moisture in the paper or cloth. — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2026

Be sure to squeeze out as much air as possible from the container or zip-top bag before freezing the fresh pumpkin puree. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026

The result of this cooler atmosphere will be one more prone to squeezing out tropical moisture rather than just evaporating it. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Basically, what happens is those two figures move up in tandem, squeezing out the opportunity that a higher income should provide to save and invest more. — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026

The current fiscal trajectory in the US is unsustainable, and the debt service burden has grown large enough to squeeze out other spending. — Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Missouri Republicans have considered splitting up Kansas City to squeeze out Cleaver for years, as the state has grown increasingly red. — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Gently squeeze out any excess water so the hair is damp rather than dripping. — Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 2 Aug. 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.