squeezed out
Pushed from position
Squeezed out describes being forced from a position or situation through pressure rather than direct removal.
A competitor gets squeezed out of the market when conditions become untenable.
An employee might be squeezed out of a company through reduced responsibilities or hostile treatment rather than outright firing: They squeezed him out by giving all his projects to someone else.
The image is of gradual, constricting pressure that leaves no room to remain.
- evictedRemoved from property legally
- pushed outExpelled or displaced
- pressedPushed or smoothed flat
- oustedRemoved from position
- extrudedForced through an opening
sidelined · supplanted · phased out · marginalized · boxed out · shut out · expelled · purged · overlooked · left out · displaced · ejected · edged out · crowded out · alienated · extracted · expunged · cut out
squeezed outembraced
Held someone warmly
included · accepted · let in · integrated · incorporated
squeezed outsqueezed in
Inserted into limited space
inserted · injected · introduced · added · infused
squeezed outdominated
Controlled or overpowered
cornered the market · established · entrenched · broke into · muscled in
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