Topic: FINANCE
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Origin: | quease 'to press, squeeze' (15-17 centuries), from Old English cwysan |
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squeeze1
1 to press something firmly together with your fingers or hand : 
She smiled as he squeezed her hand.He squeezed the trigger, but nothing happened.
press
[transitive]She smiled as he squeezed her hand.He squeezed the trigger, but nothing happened.2 to get liquid from something by pressing it : Squeeze the oranges.
press out liquid
[transitive]Squeeze the oranges.3 to try to make something fit into a space that is too small, or to try to get into such a space [= squash]
small space
[intransitive,transitive always + adverb/preposition]5 to succeed, win, or pass a test by a very small amount so that you only just avoid failure : Greece just squeezed through into the next round.
just succeed
[intransitive always + adverb/preposition]Greece just squeezed through into the next round.6 to strictly limit the amount of money that is available to a company or organization : The government is squeezing the railways' investment budget.
limit money
[transitive]PEBFThe government is squeezing the railways' investment budget.squeeze somebody/something ↔ in
phrasal verbHow do you manage to squeeze so much into one day?I can squeeze you in at four o'clock.squeeze something ↔ out
phrasal verb1 to do something so that someone or something is no longer included or able to continue : If budgets are cut, vital research may be squeezed out.
If budgets are cut, vital research may be squeezed out.2 to squeeze something wet in order to remove the liquid from it : Squeeze the cloth out first.
Squeeze the cloth out first.3 to force someone to tell you something : See if you can squeeze more information out of them.
squeeze something out of somebody
See if you can squeeze more information out of them.
