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What does "squeeze" mean?

Squeeze: Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush. In a civil war, people must expect to be crushed and squeezed toward the burden. L'Estrange.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.
  2. 3.To press; to urge one's way, or to pass, by pressing; to crowd; -- often with through, into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.
  3. 4.The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.
  4. 5.A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.

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