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

By comparison, extra virgin olive oil is squeezed out of the fruit without the help of chemicals or heat. —Maria Godoy, NPR, 7 July 2025

Cool, then strain through cheesecloth, squeezing out as much liquid as possible. 5. —Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025

While Nvidia is being squeezed out of China, other policy changes may help open up additional markets. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 May 2025

Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham is preparing for the possibility that major provisions get squeezed out of President Donald Trump’s megabill. —Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 10 June 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.