squeeze play
Noun
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Noun
squeeze play (plural squeeze plays)
- (baseball) The tactic of bunting the ball to help a runner at third base score. [1905]
- The squeeze play is on! Jones bunts, and Smith scores from third.
- (figurative) An instance of 'squeezing' someone: a use of pressure or force to achieve one's goal. [1916]
- (bridge) The tactic of running a suit to compel another player to waste potentially winning cards. [1926]
- Squeeze play is an important part of the endgame.
- (poker) The tactic of reraising a raiser and a caller to compel one or both to fold, often as a bluff.
- (all) squeeze
- (baseball) safety squeeze, suicide squeeze
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