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Definition of Squeeze by
1. Verb. Manage one's existence barely. "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary"
Generic synonyms: Contend, Cope, Deal, Get By, Grapple, Make Do, Make Out, Manage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squeeze By
Literary usage of Squeeze by
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1893)
"Pressure often destroys much of the value of a squeeze by blurring the crispness
of the impression. of the above hints are those which require that the So ..."
2. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"When I relaxed the grasp, air was sucked in through the whistle, and the tube
became again filled with air, ready for another squeeze. By the use of ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1912)
"The production of a squeeze by the disturbance of the strata caused by another
squeeze, in an overlying or underlying vein, is a very common occurrence, ..."
4. Modern English Prose by George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster (1904)
"I add more material, and again squeeze ; by every such act the mass is made
harder, and there you have a snow-ball before you such as you never saw before. ..."
5. Modern English Prose edited by George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster (1904)
"I add more material, and again squeeze ; by every such act the mass is made
harder, and there you have a snow-ball before you such as you never saw before. ..."
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