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To press hard on or together; compress.
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To press gently, as in affection: squeezed her hand.
(verb-transitive)
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To exert pressure on, as by way of extracting liquid: squeeze an orange.
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To extract by or as if by applying pressure: squeeze juice from a lemon; squeezed a confession out of a suspect.
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To extract by dishonest means; extort.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.