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Verb squeeze out has 6 senses

squeeze out - force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"
--₁ is one way to fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
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eke out, squeeze out - make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter"
--₂ is one way to gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
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wring out, squeeze out - extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing; "wring out the washcloth"
--₃ is one way to extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
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eke out, squeeze out - obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives"
--₄ is one way to obtain
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extrude, squeeze out - form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude steel"
--₅ is one way to produce, make, create
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squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject - cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
--₆ is one way to discharge
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