squeeze out

phrasal verb

squeezed out; squeezing out; squeezes out

: to force (someone or something) out of a position, place, etc.

Big stores have squeezed out a lot of the smaller locally owned shops.

Examples of squeeze out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During that same period, the S & P 500 has squeezed out only about a 2% gain. —Jeff Marks, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025

The worry is that stories that hold a mirror up to the nation simply get squeezed out of existence. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025

Build more slowly and make your aim improving the state of the art, not squeezing out the last drop. —Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025

Local leaders, particularly those at Miami Dade College, saw that effort as key to growing South Florida’s tech hub while making sure people born and raised in the region didn’t feel left out, or get squeezed out by the resulting higher cost of living. —Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for squeeze out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout

Legal Definition

squeezeout

noun

squeeze·​out

ˈskwēz-ˌau̇t

: a corporate action or series of actions (as a refusal to declare dividends or the restricting of decision-making power in corporate governance) through which majority shareholders deprive minority shareholders of the benefit of stock ownership usually as part of an attempt to force sale of minority shares compare freezeout

Note: Freezeout and squeezeout are sometimes used as synonyms.