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单词 to squeeze one's way
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to squeeze one's way
(b) With the verb expressing a specific effort made to find or create a path or opportunity for oneself, as to push one's way, to squeeze one's way, etc.to feel one's way: see feel v. Phrases 1. to force one's way: see force v.1 10. to grope one's way: see grope v. 2d.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > effect forward movement in specific way
way1558
society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly
shovec888
thrustc1330
crowda1415
throngc1440
thrumble?a1513
to shoulder one's way1581
to make one's way1589
bear1594
push1602
jostle1622
force1653
way1694
squeeze1704
to push one's way1716
thrutchc1837
barge1888
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iii. sig. H.iij A post in hand he bare of mighty Pyne, and therwithall He felt his way, and led his sheepe.
1608 T. Middleton Famelie of Love v. sig. H The Body where true lou's confin'd, Walkes as a Spirit, and doth force his way Through greatest dangers.
1694 F. Atterbury Christian Relig. Increas'd 9 And Thus the Prophet of the East also hew'd out his way by the power of the Sword.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 121 The slow creeping Evil eats his way, Consumes the parching Limbs; and makes the Life his prey. View more context for this quotation
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xc. 330 McDonald being surrounded, attempted to fight his way thro', and wounded his man.
1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 42 No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, choked with sedges, works its weedy way.
1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. vii. 132 A carrier had left the market early to elbow his way into the bank.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 136 We..entered the office, in company with..as many dirty-faced spectators as could squeeze their way in.
1865 F. Parkman Huguenots vii, in Pioneers of France in New World 109 Hacking their way through thickets of the yucca, or Spanish bayonet.
1897 J. L. Allen Choir Invisible ii. 11 He failed to urge his way through the throng as speedily as he may have expected.
1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 38/2 Do you wait your turn in leaving the theater or do you push your way up the aisle in your mad hurry to get out before the crowd?
1949 Amer. Aviation 1 Dec. 27/2 The 11-year-old boy who smooth-talked his way on TWA all the way from New York to St. Louis without a ticket.
1982 Z. Edgell Beka Lamb vii. 38 Beka squeezed her way between shoppers, sacks of flour and rice, barrels and drums, until she reached a counter at the rear of the shop.
2000 Independent 20 Sept. (Wednesday Review section) 4/2 The mood soon turned ugly as he shouldered his way through us to the bar.
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