ADJ
- affectionate
- comforting, reassuring
VERB + SQUEEZE
- give sb
- He gave his mother a comforting squeeze as he left
PHRASES
- ~ of
- A squeeze of her hand reassured him
ADJ
- tight
- There were seven of us in the car and it was a tight squeeze
PREP
- at a ~
- We can get six in the car at a squeeze
ADJ
- cash, credit, economic, financial, profits, tax
VERB + SQUEEZE
- feel
- All manufacturers are feeling the squeeze
- put
- The government is trying to put the squeeze on high earners
PREP
- ~ on
- a squeeze on spending
ADV
- hard, tightly
- gently
- 'I know,' she said, squeezing his hand gently
PREP
- from
- squeezing the juice from a lemon
- out of
- I squeezed the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube
PHRASES
- freshly squeezed
- freshly squeezed orange juice
ADV
- hard, severely
- High interest rates have squeezed the industry hard
