squeeze : Idioms & Phrases

noun the runner on third base waits to start home until the batter has bunted successfully
safety squeeze.

noun the runner on third base waits to start home until the batter has bunted successfully
safety squeeze.

noun a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
piano accordion; accordion.

verb manage one's existence barely
scratch along; scrape along; scrape by; squeak by; rub along.
- I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary

verb force out
- Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts
verb make by laborious and precarious means
eke out.
- He eked out a living as a painter
verb extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
wring out.
- wring out the washcloth
verb obtain with difficulty
eke out.
- He eked out some information from the archives
verb form or shape by forcing through an opening
extrude.
- extrude steel
verb cause to come out in a squirt
force out; squirt; eject.
- the boy squirted water at his little sister

noun an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
squeeze; power play.
- she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away
noun a baseball play in which a runner on third base tries to score as the batter bunts the pitch

noun the runner on third base starts home as the pitcher delivers the ball
suicide squeeze.

noun the runner on third base starts home as the pitcher delivers the ball
suicide squeeze.