squeeze verb
1 press sth hard
ADV. hard, tightly | gently ‘I know,’ she said, squeezing his hand gently.
PREP. from squeezing the juice from a lemon | out of I squeezed the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube.
PHRASES freshly squeezed freshly squeezed orange juice
2 limit the money available
ADV. hard, severely High interest rates have squeezed the industry hard.