put the squeeze on

English

Verb

put the squeeze on (third-person singular simple present puts the squeeze on, present participle putting the squeeze on, simple past and past participle put the squeeze on)

1. (informal) To put pressure on someone (to do something).

Further reading

• “put the squeeze on”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “put the squeeze on someone”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “put the squeeze on”, in Collins English Dictionary.