verb
Each morning Anne squeezes an orange to make fresh juice for Edgar. Everyone knows that squeezing the nose between the thumb and forefinger means that something smells
It is doubtful that they will be able to squeeze a contribution out of old Scrooge
You'll have to squeeze Fletcher if you want to get paid
We were squeezed into the train so tightly that I could hardly breathe
She squeezed him close as they bade goodbye
He managed to squeeze through the exam with a pass mark, but it was touch-and-go
noun
She gave me a little squeeze to signal her affection
I was beginning to feel the squeeze between inflation and high interest rates
There was such a squeeze of people at the sale that I couldn't get in
Willie showed up with his current squeeze
The bank was beginning to put the squeeze on me to repay my overdraft
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