squeeze out
verb
- 1
extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
wring out the washcloth
- 2
cause to come out in a squirt
the boy squirted water at his little sister
- 3
form or shape by forcing through an opening
extrude steel
- 4
obtain with difficulty
He eked out some information from the archives
- 5
make by laborious and precarious means
He eked out a living as a painter
- 6
force out
Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts
Also useful for “squeeze out”:Scrabble— High-value letters — see what it scores