squeeze out

See also: squeezeout

English

squeeze out (third-person singular simple present squeezes out, present participle squeezing out, simple past and past participle squeezed out)

(transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see squeeze,‎ out.
Squeeze out some toothpaste and put it on your toothbrush
(transitive) To force a competitor out of one of a limited number of winning positions by taking over that position or a higher one
I auditioned and I would have had the role, but I got squeezed out by a more experienced actor

They came from nowhere to take over second place, squeezing out the previously eighth-place team
- 2011 November 3, David Ornstein, “Macc Tel-Aviv 1 - 2 Stoke”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:
  Huth headed wide inside two minutes, Andy Wilkinson blasted over from Shotton's cut-back and Jones was squeezed out when bearing down on goal.
(transitive) To obtain a difficult victory in a competition
The team managed to squeeze out a win in the final minutes

used other than as an idiom, to squeeze out

Chinese:
Mandarin: 擠出／挤出 (zh) (jǐchū), 挤出 (zh) (jǐchū), 壓出／压出, 压出 (yāchū)
Dutch: uitknijpen (nl), uitpersen (nl)
Finnish: puristaa (fi)
French: exprimer (fr)
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German: Zeit herausschlagen, ausquetschen
Greek:
Ancient: στραγγίζω (strangízō)
Japanese: 絞り出す (しぼりだす, shiboridasu)
Malay: مماچول (ms) (memacul)
Russian: выжима́ть (ru) impf (vyžimátʹ), жать (ru) impf (žatʹ), вы́жать (ru) pf (výžatʹ), выда́вливать (ru) impf (vydávlivatʹ), вы́давить (ru) pf (výdavitʹ)

to force out competitors

to obtain a difficult victory in a competition