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Meanings of squeeze by in English
Synonyms
Examples for "scrape along"
Examples for "scrape along"
1
Once or twice Reno thought he heard branches scrape along the hull.
2
There was seldom much over, but I managed to scrape along somehow.
3
Sometimes he knocked against a chair, making it scrape along the floor.
4
Sliding it to one side, Harry heard it scrape along the tiled floor.
5
And soon I felt my shoulders scrape along a gravel bank.
1
The Bank of Mum and Dad often scrape by to fund it.
2
It is common for Haitians to scrape by with money from relatives abroad.
3
I made enough money to scrape by here and that's that.
4
Gabrielle's boyfriend was a low-expectation loser who was perfectly happy to scrape by.
5
With Gursewak's parents barred from working, the family has to scrape by on donations.
1
I'm a widow with twelve sons; and 'tis --hard to scratch along.
2
And if one of those two fail, how's the other to scratch along?
3
Stephenson was a healthy scratch along with D Taylor Chorney and C Paul Carey.
4
The flu didn't get me, but a little scratch along the leg almost did.
5
It had a long scratch along one side.
1
And despite all the wailing-guitar attitude, they only squeak by as atmospheric enhancement.
2
I subdued Fox's bark into a squeak by pulling his ears.
3
I don't know how I'd manage to squeak by without my salary from the shop.
4
An animal's habitat is defined by the range of environments that allow it to squeak by.
5
If we place twenty dogs a year, which is about what we average, we squeak by.
1
How can you possibly know we could rub along well together?
2
Those within could hear his heavy body rub along the wall.
3
By doing this I can rub along for another ten days.
4
But I shall rub along somehow, and seven pounds a year's a consideration.
5
Perhaps that is why we seem to rub along so well,' he added awkwardly.
Usage of squeeze by in English
1
He tried his best to squeeze by it, but it was very difficult.
2
As the young men tried to squeeze by, the confederate looked up, annoyed.
3
Barely room to squeeze by this obstruction existed at the doorway.
4
Lauren stood so Nikki could squeeze by to get a view of the corpse.
5
Inside, people squeeze by each other on staircases and corridors.
6
I shook my head and turned to allow her and Hayes to squeeze by.
7
He had managed to widen the narrowest squeeze by chipping the rock with his chisel.
8
The stake-out car at the end of the road backed up to let him squeeze by.
9
I meant to be very early, people do look so cross when you squeeze by them.
10
She has to squeeze by Kent.
11
The girl turned in the aisle to let him squeeze by but otherwise did not seem to notice him.
12
Bodman told reporters he believed the incident was an anomaly, most likely caused by a short squeeze by professional traders.
13
I parked as close to the apartment building as possible, leaving barely enough room for a car to squeeze by me.
14
I offered Joyce the bunch, which she took with a smile, giving my hand a little squeeze by way of gratitude.
15
U.S.-led attempts to encourage banks to end a liquidity squeeze by lending to each other again have been met with market scepticism.
16
They were now beginning to put on a squeeze by threatening to call a congressman-and nothing chills blood faster in the military.