squeeze in

phrasal verb

squeezed in; squeezing in; squeezes in
: to find time for (someone or something)
I can squeeze you in after my one o'clock appointment.
The teacher tried to squeeze in a few more lessons before school vacation.

Examples of squeeze in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Swift and Kelce are pros at squeezing in a quick moment away together. Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024 Posting under the name Roaring Kitty, Keith Patrick Gill is known for igniting GameStop’s massive meme stock short squeeze in 2021, then disappearing from the internet. Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 13 May 2024 So, Spanish and Early American History will have to wait till next year; in the meantime, Powell will squeeze in a proctored exam between his work commitments. Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Trying to squeeze in a decade-plus of discourse into three hours was always going to be challenging. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 May 2024 An aging society with fewer working-age adults also faces a short-term squeeze in funding public health and pension programs. Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024 When life gets tough or the news gets unbearable, we're told to work on ourselves, squeeze in a little self-care: a little Peloton here, a little intermittent fasting there. Mara Gordon, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024 This seems to have triggered a gamma squeeze in which market makers who had sold calls to retail traders, or even those selling calls to collect what previously seemed like attractive premiums, were forced to buy futures to hedge their option risk. Moneyshow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 Some homeless shelters now offer resources so that people can squeeze in with family members. Aidan Gardiner, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024

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“Squeeze in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squeeze%20in. Accessed 31 May. 2024.

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