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Collocations for squeeze - noun

1. pressing with fingers

ADJECTIVE

affectionate
comforting, reassuring
gentle, little, quick
He gave her hand a gentle squeeze.

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VERB + squeeze

give sb
He gave his mother a comforting squeeze as he left.

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PHRASES

squeeze of
A squeeze of her hand reassured him.

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2. in a small space

ADJECTIVE

tight
There were six of us in the car and it was a tight squeeze.

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PREPOSITION

at a squeeze (BrE)
We can get six in the car at a squeeze.
in a squeeze (AmE)
Hospitals have been in a squeeze for some time.

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PHRASES

a bit of a squeeze

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3. reduction in money

ADJECTIVE

cash, credit, economic, financial, profit (esp. AmE)

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VERB + squeeze

feel
All manufacturers are feeling the squeeze.
put
The government is trying to put the squeeze on high earners.

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PREPOSITION

squeeze on
a squeeze on spending

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Collocations for squeeze - verb

1. press sth hard

ADVERB

hard, tightly
gently, lightly
‘I know,’ she said, squeezing his hand gently.
together
His legs were squeezed together.

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PREPOSITION

from
to squeeze the juice from a lemon
out of
I squeezed the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube.

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PHRASES

freshly squeezed
freshly squeezed orange juice

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2. limit the money available

ADVERB

hard
High interest rates have squeezed the industry hard.

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Squeeze is used with these nouns as the subject:
hand

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Squeeze is used with these nouns as the object:
arm, hand, juice, lemon, lime, margin, muscle, nipple, orange, sponge, spot, trigger

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