Definition of "squeezed" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of squeeze. (verb)

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• "Does or has anybody in the USA used the phrase squeezed middle?"
• "While originally coined in Britain by the head of the Labour Party Ed Miliband, the phrase "squeezed middle" resonated with the American lexicographers as well."
• "The phrase "squeezed middle" is defined by the Oxford University Press as "the section of society regarded as particularly affected by inflation, wage freezes, and cuts in public spending during a time of economic difficulty, consisting principally of those people on low or middle incomes.""