Squeeze out
WordNet
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"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To force a substance out of a container by squeezing the container
- Squeeze out some toothpaste and put it on your toothbrush
- To force a competitor out of one of a limited number of winning positions by taking over that position or a higher one
- I auditioned and I would have had the role, but I got squeezed out by a more experienced actor
- They came from nowhere to take over second place, squeezing out the previously eighth-place team
- To obtain a difficult victory in a competition
- The team managed to squeeze out a win in the final minutes