squeeze off

Idioms  

1. Fire a gun, as in He squeezed off one shot after another but didn't bring down a single crow. The idiom alludes to squeezing the trigger. [Mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

The sanctions were announced as Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo traveled to London to shore up support from Britain, one of America’s closest allies, for the drive to squeeze off funding for Hamas, which both countries consider a terrorist organization.

From Washington Times

The sanctions were announced as Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo travelled to London to shore up support from Britain, one of America’s closest allies, for the drive to squeeze off funding for Hamas, which both countries consider a terrorist organization.

From Seattle Times

“If you just squeeze off supply and hope that demand will follow, this is what it feels like,” he said.

From New York Times

“Then, DBs will try to squeeze off the sideline — that’s what they’re taught to do — and he’s just too strong to get squeezed to the sideline. And before they know it, he’s past them. He just does so many things well that he’s hard to cover and hard to defend.”

From Seattle Times

Legal entrepreneurs, who first emerged in the tough days of the 1990s following the collapse of Cuba’s aid and trade with the Soviet Union, have had to struggle with occasional waves of disapproval from the state, which has imposed strict limits on the size and types of activities allowed, as well as the impact of U.S. sanctions that have aimed to squeeze off the flow of tourists.

From Washington Times