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obtain with difficulty
He eked out some information from the archives -
make by laborious and precarious means
He eked out a living as a painter -
extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
wring out the washcloth -
form or shape by forcing through an opening
extrude steel -
force out
Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts -
cause to come out in a squirt
the boy squirted water at his little sister
How To Use squeeze out In A Sentence
- Squeeze out liquid and place in small buttered gratin dish. Times, Sunday Times
- It makes up for all the times schmucks have tried to get on the train before I can squeeze out, making me wish I had worn my football helmet and pads.
- She looked at his heavy eyes, fearing that a tear might squeeze out of them.
- The pool, jacuzzi, steamroom and sauna are a necessary part of the weekend rejuvenation process and if a massage therapist is on hand to squeeze out the knotted muscles, all the better.
- Their breath encircled the chateau like a wreath, wrapping its way around the substantial estate as if wanting to squeeze out every last drop of life, which existed inside.
- In between other jobs, pinch the side of the rubbery skin and squeeze out the bright green bean. Times, Sunday Times
- Squeeze out any juice from the pulp and discard. Times, Sunday Times
- Still, I think it’s worth noting that the jobs number still in circulation is some 50 times higher than the absolute maximum figure you could squeeze out of the most inflated possible estimate derivable from the actual study the government conducted two years later. Straight from the Source
- Regrettably, however, Arizona's misguided law might have set into motion the second prong of the bipartisan consensus that is closing, pincer-like, to squeeze out everything unique about America. Arizona's Un-American Immigration Law
- Not only does the new one squeeze out the juice, it does so smoothly and quietly due to the nature of its two spinning, triangular trochoids, rather than the action of pumping pistons.
