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                           Phrase(s): put the squeeze on someone 1. Inf. to attempt to get money out of someone.  •  The mob put the squeeze on all the merchants, threatening to break their windows if they didn’t pay.  •  Are you trying to put the squeeze on me for more money? 2. Go to put the heat on (someone).
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs