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squeeze

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1. squeeze - Noun

2. squeeze - Verb

Meaning

To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship.

Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush.

To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.

To press; to urge one's way, or to pass, by pressing; to crowd; -- often with through, into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.

The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.

A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear. Karl Kraus

Berlin is the testicle of the West. When I want the West to scream, I squeeze on Berlin. Nikita Khrushchev

Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but I get as many as six or seven pages on a very good day; the average is probably three pages. Dean Koontz

You can't squeeze blood from a rock. Persian Proverb

He who is desperate will squeeze oil out of a grain of sand. Japanese Proverb

A woman is like a lemon; you squeeze her and throw her away. Maltese Proverb

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