SQUEEZE. DAILY UPDATED VOCABULARY WITH IMAGES.

squeeze [countable]

• 1

   a (tight) squeeze

  a situation in which there is only just enough room for things or people to fit somewhere:
• It'll be a squeeze with six people in the car.
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• 2 an act of pressing something firmly with your fingers or hand:
• Marty gave her hand a little squeeze.
• 3

   squeeze of lemon/lime etc

  a small amount of juice obtained by squeezing a piece of fruit
• 4 a situation in which wages, prices, borrowing money etc are strictly controlled or reduced
• squeeze on
• cuts due to the squeeze on public sector spending
• a credit squeeze
• All manufacturers are feeling the squeeze (=noticing the effects of a difficult financial situation).
• 5

   put the squeeze on somebody

  informal to try to persuade someone to do something
• 6

   somebody's (main) squeeze

  especially American English informalsomeone's boyfriend or girlfriend

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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