squeeze out

v 1: force out; "Some emplyees were squeezed out by the recent

budget cuts"

2: make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a

living as a painter" [syn: {eke out}]

3: extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing; "wring out the

washcloth" [syn: {wring out}]

4: obtain with difficulty: "He eked out some information from

the archives" [syn: {eke out}]

5: form or shape by forcing through an opening; as of metal

[syn: {extrude}]

6: cause to come out in a squirt, of liquids [syn: {squirt}, {force

out}, {eject}]