单词 | squeeze out |
释义 | squeeze out (once / 5599 pages) v WORD FAMILY squeeze out: squeezed out, squeezes out, squeezing out USAGE EXAMPLESSeattle Mayor Ed Murray and the council is pushing huge upzones in city neighborhoods — despite protests — to squeeze out more affordable units. Seattle Times(Nov 20, 2016) In Hong Kong, where foreign banks have unfettered access, they are still getting squeezed out. Wall Street Journal(Nov 17, 2016) With your hands, squeeze out the excess water. Los Angeles Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1v extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing Syn|Hyper wring out draw out, extract, pull, pull out, pull up, take out remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense 2v cause to come out in a squirt Syn|Hypo|Hyper eject, force out, squirt spritz eject (a liquid) quickly extravasateforce out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel discharge pour forth or release 3v force out Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts Hyper can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position 4v form or shape by forcing through an opening Syn|Hyper extrude create, make, produce create or manufacture a man-made product 5v make by laborious and precarious means Syn|Hyper eke out bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages 6v obtain with difficulty Syn|Hyper eke out obtain come into possession of |
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