squeeze through

Idioms  

1. Also, squeeze by. Manage to pass, win, or survive by a narrow margin, as in We squeezed through the second round of playoffs, or There was just enough food stored in the cabin for us to squeeze by until the hurricane ended. This idiom uses squeeze in the sense of “succeed by means of compression.” [c. 1700] Also see squeak by.

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Example Sentences

In the narrow streets of Mochi gate, customers hold their paper kites overhead to stop them getting ripped as they squeeze through the crowd and past the occasional slow moving motorbike.

From BBC

But bighorn — with their broad, curved horns — can’t squeeze through.

From Los Angeles Times

It looked just big enough to squeeze through.

From Literature

“And it’s just big enough for one of us to squeeze through!”

From Literature

“Can you squeeze through?” he asks.

From Literature