I.
noun
1 pressing with fingers
ADJECTIVE
▪ affectionate
▪ comforting , reassuring
▪ gentle , little , quick
▪
He gave her hand a gentle ~.
VERB + SQUEEZE
▪ give sb
▪
He gave his mother a comforting ~ as he left.
PHRASES
▪ ~ of
▪
A ~ of her hand reassured him.
2 in a small space
ADJECTIVE
▪ tight
▪
There were six of us in the car and it was a tight ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ at a ~ ( BrE )
▪
We can get six in the car at a ~.
▪ in a ~ ( AmE )
▪
Hospitals have been in a ~ for some time.
PHRASES
▪ a bit of a ~
3 reduction in money
ADJECTIVE
▪ cash , credit , economic , financial , profit ( esp. AmE )
VERB + SQUEEZE
▪ feel
▪
All manufacturers are feeling the ~.
▪ put
▪
The government is trying to put the ~ on high earners.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
a ~ on spending
II.
verb
1 press sth hard
ADVERB
▪ hard , tightly
▪ gently , lightly
▪
‘I know,’ she said, squeezing his hand gently.
▪ together
▪
His legs were ~d together.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
to ~ the juice from a lemon
▪ out of
▪
I ~d the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube.
PHRASES
▪ freshly ~d
▪
freshly ~d orange juice
2 limit the money available
ADVERB
▪ hard
▪
High interest rates have ~d the industry hard.
Squeeze is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ hand
Squeeze is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ arm , ↑ hand , ↑ juice , ↑ lemon , ↑ lime , ↑ margin , ↑ muscle , ↑ nipple , ↑ orange , ↑ sponge , ↑ spot , ↑ trigger