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SQUEEZE BY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does squeeze by mean?
• SQUEEZE BY (verb)
The verb SQUEEZE BY has 1 sense:
1. manage one's existence barely
Familiarity information: SQUEEZE BY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Manage one's existence barely
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
rub along; scrape along; scrape by; scratch along; squeak by; squeeze by
Context example:
I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary
Hypernyms (to "squeeze by" is one way to...):
contend; cope; deal; get by; grapple; make do; make out; manage (succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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