squeeze out

Verb
  1. Force out (synset 202409218)
    "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"
    is a type of: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  2. Make by laborious and precarious means (synset 202244779)
    "He eked out a living as a painter"
    is a type of: bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
    same as: eke out
  3. Extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing (synset 201352000)
    "wring out the washcloth"
    entail: compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze - squeeze or press together
    is a type of: draw out, extract, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out - remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
    same as: wring out
  4. Obtain with difficulty (synset 202244628)
    "He eked out some information from the archives"
    is a type of: obtain - come into possession of
    same as: eke out
  5. Form or shape by forcing through an opening (synset 201679675)
    "extrude steel"
    is a type of: create, make, produce - create or manufacture a man-made product
    same as: extrude
  6. Cause to come out in a squirt (synset 201378302)
    "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
    is a type of: discharge - pour forth or release
    subtypes:
    • spritz - eject (a liquid) quickly
    • extravasate - force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel
    same as: eject, force out, squirt

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