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

Revenue from those properties would then go directly to Amtrak to fund the railroad, according to the text of the amendment, potentially squeezing out both the city and the state. —Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026

Maybe revisit the property in 10 or 15 years and tug firmly on those nostalgia strings to squeeze out whatever sentiment might still be there. —Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 18 May 2026

That window has largely collapsed, squeezed out by streaming platforms that negotiate their own deals directly and on their own terms. —Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026

In the absence of federal reform, states are trying to squeeze out more money from the richest. —Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 May 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.