put the squeeze on
English
Verb
put the squeeze on (third-person singular simple present puts the squeeze on, present participle putting the squeeze on, simple past and past participle put the squeeze on)
- (informal) To put pressure on someone (to do something).
Further reading
- “put the squeeze on”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “put the squeeze on someone”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “put the squeeze on”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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