squeeze (sb/sth) in/squeeze (sb/sth) into sth
— phrasal verb with squeeze uk/skwiːz/us/skwiːz/verb
B2 to succeed in getting someone or something into a small space or object, often by pushing or forcing:
The car's quite full, but we could manage to squeeze another couple of people in.
I must have put on a lot of weight over Christmas because I can only just squeeze into my jeans.
More examples
- She'd squeezed herself into a pair of jeans that were at least a size too small.
- Do you think I could squeeze into this top?
- If you lot are driving to Celia's could you squeeze me in?
- We've squeezed a double bed into the small room.
- I might be able to squeeze in one more person.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Filling and completing
- brick
- brick up sth
- brim
- crowd
- crowd sb/sth out
- fill
- jam
- occupancy
- occupy
- overcrowded
- overran
- overrun
- plug
- round
- supersaturated
- tank
- tank up
- top sb up
- top sth up
- wadding
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