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

Brink was also getting squeezed out in a deep Flyers wing group that will soon add Porter Martone. —Corey Pronman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026

The first director of Poland’s leading Jewish museum, squeezed out seven years ago by a nationalist government, is returning to the helm in a symbolic reversal. —Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026

The Bobcats got their revenge in the second leg of the doubleheader, squeezing out a 1-0 win thanks to a home run by infielder Aiyana Coleman. —Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026

Forward-thinking leaders aren’t using AI to squeeze out a 10% productivity lift – faster decks, leaner teams, more output from the same workflows. —May Habib, Fortune, 24 Feb. 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.