Squeeze Out
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Entry:squeeze out
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Part of Speech:verb
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Definition:force out
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Synonyms:squeeze out.
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Sample Sentences:Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts.
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Hypernym:can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate.
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Entry:squeeze out
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Part of Speech:verb
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Definition:extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
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Synonyms:squeeze out, wring out.
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Sample Sentences:wring out the washcloth.
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Entailment:compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze.
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Hypernym:draw out, extract, pull, pull out, pull up, take out.
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Entry:squeeze out
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Part of Speech:verb
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Definition:obtain with difficulty
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Synonyms:eke out, squeeze out.
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Sample Sentences:He eked out some information from the archives.
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Hypernym:obtain.
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Entry:squeeze out
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Part of Speech:verb
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Definition:cause to come out in a squirt
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Synonyms:eject, force out, squeeze out, squirt.
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Sample Sentences:the boy squirted water at his little sister.
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Hypernym:discharge.
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Derivationally related form:ejection, expulsion, forcing out, projection, jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, squirt gun, squirter, water gun, water pistol.
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Hyponym:spritz, extravasate.