squeeze together


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squeeze together

1. Of two or more people or animals, to huddle or crowd very close to one another. In this usage, a reflexive pronoun can be used between "squeeze" and "together." My car's pretty small, so you'll all have to squeeze together in the back seat. The family of rabbits squeezed themselves together in the small burrow to avoid the predator.
2. To press two or more people or things firmly or compactly together. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "squeeze" and "together." They just squeezed 30 of us together in the small room and told us to await further instructions. I squeezed together the two lumps of clay so I could make a larger sculpture.
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squeeze (themselves) together

[for creatures] to press close together. The little pigs squeezed themselves together to get a better chance at some food. They squeezed together and gobbled their dinner. They squeezed themselves together to keep warm.
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squeeze someone or something together

to press people or things together. The driver squeezed us together so he could get more people in the taxi. See if you can squeeze the vegetables together a little so we can get more in the basket.
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1 : to press or squeeze together <compressing his lips>
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Next, use your thumb and first finger to squeeze together the soft part of your nose, just under the bony bridge.
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When you feel happier, squeeze together your thumb and the index fingers of both hands.
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The board was slotted at both ends of the hole to allow it to squeeze together and the whole shebang was then clamped to a workbench.
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Fold the wonton over to form a triangle, then bring the two outer points together, brush with egg and squeeze together.
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We vomit when the muscles of the abdomen and the diaphragm (DIE-uh-fram), the curved muscle under your rib cage, squeeze together hard while the stomach stays relaxed.
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And in truth, few were anxious to squeeze together to accommodate the scruffy-looking young man.
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Gently squeeze together the skin around the lesion.
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When you breathe in fresh air, I squeeze together and pump blood into your lungs.
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Don't sleep on your side because wrinkles form as your boobs squeeze together.
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1 : to squeeze together so as to change or destroy the natural shape or condition <We crush grapes for their juice.
crush [1]
We squeeze together into one bed and I'm woken within half an hour by his elbow left-hooking my already sore mouth.
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