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

Extreme amounts of rainfall are also being enhanced with moisture from the Mediterranean Sea and upslope flow into higher terrain which acts to squeeze out additional moisture. —Taylor Ward, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024

Critics say such a pattern can squeeze out individual buyers and allow corporations to exert more control over communities. —Kathryn Varn, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024

Our tester said the results rivaled those she’s seen with much more expensive products, but did note the formula can be hard to squeeze out of the tube because of how tiny the tip is. —Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024

Grand Rapids' swift home price growth has squeezed out local buyers like Timothy Ham, 40, a veteran and network security engineer who had to relocate to Kalamazoo, an hour's drive away. —Mike Winters,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 17 Sep. 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.