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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squeeze through

As they were still teenagers, they were better able to squeeze through narrow spaces, crawling between concrete slabs lit only by a handheld torch or mobile phone so they could tell rescuers where to dig.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

NEW YORK—More than a million fans will visit New York City this month for the World Cup, and many of them will squeeze through the decaying bowels of Pennsylvania Station while they’re here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

The passages won’t be large enough for bighorn — with their broad horns — to squeeze through, advocates say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

If we were to squeeze through small cracks in his mind’s cavern walls or crawl down its miniaturized hallways toward Erickson's nerve center, we might find ourselves in a room with a broken printer.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2025

And Bailey, being somewhat small, can squeeze through comparatively easily.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern