"squeeze up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: squeezes up [present, singular, third-person], squeezing up [participle, present], squeezed up [participle, past], squeezed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} squeeze up (third-person singular simple present squeezes up, present participle squeezing up, simple past and past participle squeezed up)
  1. (intransitive, of people) To move closer together, in order to make more space for someone else. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-squeeze_up-en-verb-ptaN302g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

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