to squeeze out
4
3.2
- phrasal verb
- /skwiz aʊt/
:
exprimir
- I have a ricer, so I was able to squeeze out all the water from the potato.
- squeeze out excess water
And then the bottle is so hard you cannot squeeze the product out and you can't take the lid off.
- And then the bottle is so hard you cannot squeeze the product out and you can't take the lid off.
- So you just use it and you plop, you know, just squeeze the water out.
- And this blush is a cream black blush, meaning yes, when you squeeze this out, you get a black blush.
- But I hated having to try to squeeze the product out.
- Then they put the olives in a wool bag and use ropes to squeeze out the oil.
Examples
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After soaking the beans, you should squeeze out any excess water before cooking.
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My hubby uses an old cotton t-shirt and squeezes the water out that way.
Blog text (19) -
We gotta squeeze all that juice out of her immediately.
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And you've got to squeeze out every last drop.
Fiction book (2002) -
Squeeze all the liquid out of the nettles into the bowl.
Academic text (1992) -
The company later installed a second filter press from Hurricane Systems to squeeze the water out of the sludge faster.
Academic text (1994) -
For the pesto, I gently squeezed the water out with my hands first.
Blog text (2) -
To make the dressing, first squeeze out the juice of three lemons.
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She carefully squeezed out the water from the soaked cloth before hanging it to dry.
Synonyms
70
4.1
To get a substance from a plant or material by a special process
16
4.5
Pull something out of a place by using air to draw it in
13
4.1
Twist and squeeze cloth or clothes to remove water
12
7.6
To force liquid out of something by squeezing it
8
1.7
To press fruits or vegetables to get their liquid
5
3.3
Twist or squeeze a wet cloth to remove most of the water
1
4.1
To get liquid from something by squeezing it
To press something firmly to get out liquid or check ripeness
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to shape or form by forcing through an opening / to extract' is directly derived from 'squeeze' (apply pressure) plus 'out' (away from the interior), so a learner who knows both words can infer extracting or pushing liquid/material outward. This motion/force + particle construction is a common, cross-linguistic compositional pattern and should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Squeeze out originally described pressing a soft thing so liquid comes out, like squeezing a lemon or a towel to get juice or water. That is why it means 'to take liquid from something by pressing'.