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

Then, simply squeeze out excess water so the item is not sopping wet and put it in the dryer with the rest of the load. —Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2024

Instead, gently squeeze out excess water and lay the bathing suit flat on a clean towel. —Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 21 June 2024

All, of course, while squeezing out every drop of profit. —Johnny Noakes, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2024

But states have only so much leeway to squeeze out more from less. —Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024

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.