squeeze out
Verb
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Verb
squeeze out
- (transitive) Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see squeeze, out
- Squeeze out some toothpaste and put it on your toothbrush
- (transitive) 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
- (transitive) To obtain a difficult victory in a competition
- The team managed to squeeze out a win in the final minutes
- French: exprimer
- German: Zeit herausschlagen, ausquetschen
- Russian: выжима́ть
- Russian: вытесня́ть
- German: herausschlagen , heraushauen (einen Sieg)
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