squeeze(someone/something)in/squeeze(someone/something)intosomething
phrasal verbwithsqueezeverbuk/skwiːz/us/skwiːz/
B2
tosucceedin getting someone or something into asmallspaceorobject, often bypushingorforcing:
The car'squitefull, but we couldmanagetosqueezeanothercoupleofpeoplein.
I must have put on a lot ofweightoverChristmasbecause I can only justsqueezeintomyjeans.
- She'dsqueezedherself into apairofjeansthat were at least asizetoosmall.
- Do youthinkI couldsqueezeinto thistop?
- If you lot aredrivingto Celia's could yousqueezeme in?
- We'vesqueezedadoublebedinto thesmallroom.
- I might beabletosqueezein one moreperson.
Filling and completing
- backfill
- box ticking
- brick
- brick upsomething
- brim
- fill
- gas
- jam
- overcrowd
- overrun
- pack
- packsomething/somewhereout
- permeate
- pervade
- round
- suffuse
- supersaturated
- takesomethingup
- tank up
- topsomethingup