单词	squeeze play
释义	squeeze play noun 1 : a baseball play in which a runner on third base starts for home plate as the ball is being pitched and the batter attempts to bunt to give the runner a chance to score 2 : the exertion of pressure in order to extort a concession or gain a goal Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The Jacksonville Jaguars made a surprise move after practice on Wednesday, releasing veteran defensive tackle Malcom Brown who appeared to be caught in a squeeze play involving younger players ahead of him and behind him on the depth chart. Garry Smits, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022 Then Kiner-Falefa worked in that squeeze play, scoring Benintendi for the winning run. Julian Mcwilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022 The Pioneers went for the squeeze play attempting to go ahead. oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2022 By midday Thursday, the framework agreement was looking less and less like an agreement and more and more like a squeeze play to finally get the deal done. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2021 Hernandez, who had run into an out in an extra-inning loss to Seattle on Thursday and bunted too hard on a squeeze play on Friday, found a way to combine both of those mistakes Monday with his fifth-inning bunt. Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2021 The squeeze play gave the White Sox a two-run lead. Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2021 Auden Laurentius singled and scored on an Ethan Shertzer squeeze play and Evan Celuch, who walked, later scored the winning run on Caleb Heymann’s RBI single. Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 23 Apr. 2021 After pinch-hitter Richard Sorrenti walked, Bailey executed the squeeze play that allowed Tissue to score with the tying run. Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 20 Feb. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1 squeeze play noun as in squeeze Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance squeeze threat fear might sword menace intimidation violence muscle strength terrorism terror bulldozing browbeating bullying potency pressure puissance coercion constraint compulsion stress force willfulness hardheadedness strain duress arm-twisting self-will Antonyms & Near Antonyms approval consent agreement permission reason persuasion convincing suasion See More
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