squeeze out

verb

squeezed out; squeezing out; squeezes out

transitive verb

: to force out of a position, place, etc.
a small local restaurant squeezed out by a fast-food chain

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At most the powertrain might get some revisions to squeeze out a bit more power and or efficiency, but don’t expect this 5,530-pound M car to lose meaningful weight with the upcoming refresh. Joel Feder, The Drive, 18 Mar. 2026 To compensate for the lower memory capacity, Nvidia is preparing to sell large batches of LPUs to work alongside the rest of its data center chips, giving AI companies a way to squeeze out even more performance. Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 16 Mar. 2026 Unable to earn an automatic bid as a conference champion, Miami’s last hope is as an at-large selection, which could squeeze out another team nervously awaiting its fate, such as Auburn. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026 Yet another meaning to be squeezed out from this potent raw material. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for squeeze out

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“Squeeze out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squeeze%20out. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.

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.

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