squeeze by

• Verbe à particule signifiant réussir à passer de justesse dans un espace étroit, ou parvenir à survivre ou à réussir avec difficulté.

A phrasal verb used to indicate barely managing to pass through a narrow space or to survive or succeed with difficulty.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Manage with difficultyinformal

   To barely manage to survive or get through a situation, especially financially.

   S'en sortir difficilement

   • We had to squeeze by on a very tight budget last month.
   • He squeezed by with just enough money to pay the rent.
   • The company squeezed by during the economic downturn.

   Synonymescopeget byscrape bysurvive

2. Pass through a narrow spaceinformal

   To move through a very tight or narrow space with difficulty.

   se faufiler dans un espace étroit

   • She squeezed by the crowded table to reach her seat.
   • The car squeezed by the parked truck on the narrow street.
   • He squeezed by the people standing in the doorway.

Verbe de basesqueeze