put the squeeze on

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put the squeeze on someone

1. Inf. to attempt to get money out of someone. The mob put the squeeze on all the merchants, threatening to break their windows if they didn't pay. Are you trying to put the squeeze on me for more money?

2. Go to put the heat on (someone).

See also: put, squeeze

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POLICE today put the squeeze on suspected crooks in a series of dawn raids. BLITZ ON CRIME by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) But some fear the store, planned for a field near the Cibyn industrial estate, could put the squeeze on existing high street retailers. 'GREEN' TESCO'S JOB PLEDGE; But it'll ruin High Street say traders by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) That has put the squeeze on dairy farmers, whose primary feed source for their herds is corn. Milk prices bowl over consumers by Food & Drink Weekly			put the brakes on put the cart before the horse put the cat among the pigeons put the chill on put the clamps on put the clock back put the fear of God in put the fear of God into put the feed bag on put the finger on Put the flags out! put the frighteners on put the heat on put the kibosh on put the knife in put the lid on put the make on put the mockers on put the pedal to the metal put the record straight put the roses in cheeks put the screws on put the seal on put the skids on put the skids under put the squeeze on put thinking cap on put through put through hell put through paces put through the mill put through the wringer put to bed put to bed with a shovel put to death put to rest put to shame put to sleep put to the test put to use put together put too fine a point on put toward put trust in put two and two together put two cents in put two fingers up at put under the microscope put up a brave front put up a fight put up a front			put the lid on it put the lid on it put the make on put the mockers on put the moves on put the moves on put the moves on put the moves on put the nose-bag on put the pedal to the metal Put the Pipe Down put the record straight put the record straight put the record straight put the record straight put the record straight put the roses in cheeks put the screws on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the seal on put the skids on put the skids on put the skids on put the skids on put the skids on put the skids under put the squeeze on put the stopper on put the stopper on put the stopper on put the tin lid on it put the tin lid on it put the tin lid on it put the touch on put the touch on someone put the wind up put the wind up put the wind up put the wind up put the wind up put their heads together put their heads together put their heads together put their heads together put thinking cap on put through put through put through put through put through put through a deal put through hell Put Through Hole put through its paces put through its paces put through its paces put through its paces

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