squeeze out
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(verb) force out; "Some emplyees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" |
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Related Words: can, dismiss, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, sack, send away, terminate |
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(verb) extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing; "wring out the washcloth" |
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Synonyms: wring out |
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Related Words: draw out, extract, pull out, take out |
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(verb) form or shape by forcing through an opening; as of metal |
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Synonyms: extrude |
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Related Words: create, make, produce |
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(verb) obtain with difficulty: "He eked out some information from the archives" |
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Synonyms: eke out |
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Related Words: obtain |
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(verb) make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter" |
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Synonyms: eke out |
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Related Words: bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realize, take in |
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(verb) cause to come out in a squirt, of liquids |
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Synonyms: eject, force out, squirt |
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Related Words: discharge, extravasate, spritz |
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