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.

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To try to make characters that feel real to people, and then having to talk about young brothers getting their life squeezed out of them. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025 But the Celtics morphed to squeeze out enough points. The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025 At the height of the pandemic, COVID-19 squeezed out other health priorities, leaving a legacy of problems that still affect many health systems, even in the richest countries. Peter Sands, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Namdar has come under criticism for buying at rock-bottom prices, investing the bare minimum and squeezing out profits, while the properties steadily decline. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for squeeze out

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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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