squeeze

squeeze
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noun
1 pressing with fingers
ADJECTIVE
affectionate
comforting, reassuring
gentle, little, quick

He gave her hand a gentle squeeze.

VERB + SQUEEZE
give sb

He gave his mother a comforting squeeze as he left.

PHRASES
squeeze of

A squeeze of her hand reassured him.

2 in a small space
ADJECTIVE
tight

There were six of us in the car and it was a tight squeeze.

PREPOSITION
at a squeeze (BrE)

We can get six in the car at a squeeze.

in a squeeze (AmE)

Hospitals have been in a squeeze for some time.

PHRASES
a bit of a squeeze
3 reduction in money
ADJECTIVE
cash, credit, economic, financial, profit (esp. AmE)
VERB + SQUEEZE
feel

All manufacturers are feeling the squeeze.

put

The government is trying to put the squeeze on high earners.

PREPOSITION
squeeze on

a squeeze on spending

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verb
1 press sth hard
ADVERB
hard, tightly
gently, lightly

‘I know,’ she said, squeezing his hand gently.

together

His legs were squeezed together.

PREPOSITION
from

to squeeze the juice from a lemon

out of

I squeezed the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube.

PHRASES
freshly squeezed

freshly squeezed orange juice

2 limit the money available
ADVERB
hard

High interest rates have squeezed the industry hard.

Squeeze is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hand
Squeeze is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arm, ↑hand, ↑juice, ↑lemon, ↑lime, ↑margin, ↑muscle, ↑nipple, ↑orange, ↑sponge, ↑spot, ↑trigger

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