"squeak out" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "squeaks out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squeaking out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squeaked out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squeaked out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "squeak out (third-person singular simple present squeaks out, present participle squeaking out, simple past and past participle squeaked out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"out\"",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 6, Bryan Harley, “Springfield Mile II Flat Track Results 2011”, in Motorcycle USA:",
          "text": "The AMA Pro Flat Track racing action was fast and furious at the Illinois State Fairgrounds this weekend as the top ten riders finished within one second of each other, with flat track ‘Mile Specialist’ Willie McCoy squeaking out his first career Grand National victory after over 20 years of competing.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To achieve something by a small margin."
      ],
      "id": "en-squeak_out-en-verb-gXIhMmuu",
      "links": [
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "margin",
          "margin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, informal, transitive) To achieve something by a small margin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "squeak out"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "squeaks out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squeaking out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squeaked out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squeaked out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "American English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"out\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 6, Bryan Harley, “Springfield Mile II Flat Track Results 2011”, in Motorcycle USA:",
          "text": "The AMA Pro Flat Track racing action was fast and furious at the Illinois State Fairgrounds this weekend as the top ten riders finished within one second of each other, with flat track ‘Mile Specialist’ Willie McCoy squeaking out his first career Grand National victory after over 20 years of competing.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To achieve something by a small margin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "margin",
          "margin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, informal, transitive) To achieve something by a small margin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "squeak out"
}