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

Go with Emmet Sheehan, then, who’s squeezed out of an absurd Dodgers rotation, but could probably slot right behind Freddy Peralta in the Brewers’ rotation. —Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025

Rinse and squeeze out the sponge and repeat as needed. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025

An orchestra squeezed out of a car stereo still resembles an orchestra, but listening to a recording of 11,000 Strings would be like swimming in a water glass. —Justin Davidson, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025

Where care once felt like a sprint, focused on squeezing out short-term gains, it is now managed more like a marathon—one that requires strategy, pacing and collaboration. —Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 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.