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1. squeeze_out - verb

· force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"

Hypernym(s): displace, fire, give_notice, can, dismiss, give_the_axe, send_away, sack, force_out, give_the_sack, terminate




2. squeeze_out - verb

· make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter"

Synonym(s): eke_out

Hypernym(s): gain, take_in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull_in, bring_in




3. squeeze_out - verb

· extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing; "wring out the washcloth"

Synonym(s): wring_out

Hypernym(s): extract, pull_out, pull, pull_up, take_out, draw_out, rip_out, tear_out




4. squeeze_out - verb

· obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives"

Synonym(s): eke_out

Hypernym(s): obtain




5. squeeze_out - verb

· form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude steel"

Synonym(s): extrude

Hypernym(s): produce, make, create




6. squeeze_out - verb

· cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"

Synonym(s): squirt, force_out, eject

Hypernym(s): discharge





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