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Exact Match:

squeeze

the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"

the act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"

a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring"

(slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main squeeze"

a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer; "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits"

press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"

Synonyms:

• arrest,
• arrestation,
• arrestment,
• badger,
• bar,
• barricade,
• bear,
• bear against,
• bear down on,
• bear down upon,
• bear hard upon,
• bear hug,
• bind,
• blackmail,
• bleed,
• block,
• block up,
• blockade,
• blockage,
• blocking,
• bolt,
• boodle,
• booty,
• bosom,
• broad,
• check,
• chock,
• choke,
• choke off,
• clamp,
• clamping,
• clamping down,
• clasp,
• clench,
• clinch,
• clip,
• clogging,
• close,
• close off,
• close tight,
• close up,
• closing up,
• closure,
• clutch,
• compact,
• complication,
• compress,
• compression,
• concentrate,
• condense,
• congest,
• consolidate,
• constrict,
• constriction,
• contort,
• contract,
• cram,
• cramp,
• crowd,
• crunch,
• crush,
• debar,
• decoct,
• delay,
• densen,
• densify,
• detainment,
• detention,
• distill,
• distort,
• dog,
• doxy,
• embarrassing position,
• embarrassment,
• embosom,
• embrace,
• enfold,
• enfoldment,
• ensphere,
• essentialize,
• exact,
• express,
• extort,
• extract,
• fine how-do-you-do,
• fixation,
• fold,
• foot-dragging,
• force,
• force from,
• garble,
• get by,
• get one wrong,
• get through,
• get wrong,
• gloss,
• gouge,
• graft,
• grip,
• hampering,
• haul,
• hell to pay,
• high-pressure,
• hindering,
• hindrance,
• hobble,
• hold,
• holdback,
• holdup,
• hot goods,
• hot water,
• how-do-you-do,
• hug,
• imbroglio,
• impediment,
• influence,
• infuse,
• inhibition,
• interference,
• interruption,
• jam,
• lean on,
• let,
• levy blackmail,
• lock,
• loot,
• melt down,
• mess,
• milk,
• misapply,
• misapprehend,
• miscite,
• misconceive,
• misconstrue,
• misdeem,
• misexplain,
• misexplicate,
• misexpound,
• misinterpret,
• misjudge,
• misquote,
• misread,
• misrender,
• mistake,
• mistranslate,
• mistress,
• misunderstand,
• mix,
• moll,
• morass,
• negativism,
• nip,
• nuisance value,
• obstruct,
• obstruction,
• obstructionism,
• occlude,
• occlusion,
• opposition,
• pack,
• parlous straits,
• pass,
• perks,
• perquisite,
• pervert,
• pickings,
• pickle,
• pinch,
• plight,
• plunder,
• pork barrel,
• predicament,
• press,
• press out,
• pressure,
• pretty pass,
• pretty pickle,
• pretty predicament,
• prize,
• pry loose from,
• pry out,
• public till,
• public trough,
• push,
• put pressure on,
• quagmire,
• quicksand,
• ram,
• ram down,
• refine,
• rend,
• rend from,
• render,
• repression,
• resistance,
• restraint,
• restriction,
• retardation,
• retardment,
• rip,
• rip from,
• scrape,
• screw,
• setback,
• shake,
• shake down,
• shut off,
• shut out,
• shut tight,
• slough,
• snatch from,
• soak,
• solidify,
• spoil,
• spoils,
• spoils of office,
• spot,
• squab,
• squash,
• squeak by,
• squeak through,
• squeeze shut,
• squeezing,
• squish,
• stealings,
• steep,
• stew,
• sticky wicket,
• stifle,
• stolen goods,
• stop up,
• strain the sense,
• strait,
• straits,
• strangle,
• stranglehold,
• strangulate,
• stricture,
• stuff,
• suffocate,
• suppression,
• swag,
• swamp,
• sweetheart,
• sweetie,
• take,
• tear,
• tear from,
• tight spot,
• tight squeeze,
• tighten,
• tightening,
• tightrope,
• till,
• torture,
• tricky spot,
• tweak,
• twist the words,
• unholy mess,
• urge,
• wad up,
• wedge,
• wrench,
• wrench from,
• wrest,
• wring,
• wring from,
• wring out