VERB
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obtain with difficulty
He eked out some information from the archives -
make by laborious and precarious means
He eked out a living as a painter -
extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
wring out the washcloth -
form or shape by forcing through an opening
extrude steel -
force out
Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts -
cause to come out in a squirt
the boy squirted water at his little sister
How To Use squeeze out In A Sentence
- Otherwise dump the contents of the crocks or vat into food-grade plastic mesh bags or cheesecloth and squeeze out as much wine as you can into a clean basin.
- He is now calling for a united front between the agency and industry to squeeze out illegal operators and to support the existing tyre recovery system.
- Peel the potatoes, coarsely grate them into a bowl and squeeze out as much moisture as possible.
- Twenty-first century conservation harnesses new technology to squeeze as much out of a barrel of oil as we have learned to squeeze out of a computer chip.
- While the beans boil nick the edge of the broad beans with your thumb and squeeze out the green bean. Times, Sunday Times
- Squeeze out liquid and place in small buttered gratin dish. Times, Sunday Times
- You may even be able to squeeze out a few more wacky anecdotes from that slightly dysfunctional family of yours.
- Squeeze out liquid and place in small buttered gratin dish. Times, Sunday Times
- While the beans boil nick the edge of the broad beans with your thumb and squeeze out the green bean. Times, Sunday Times
- Think of the number of products and services that are driven by what I call concentrated attractors - ingredients that, in nature, attract us to what is good for us, but in the economy, are often concentrated to such a degree that they squeeze out almost everything of real value. Bill Shireman: The Media's "Buy-Us" Bias - The Power of "Concentrated Attractors" in the Media and the Market
