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–noun

Baseball.

a.	Also called suicide squeeze, suicide squeeze play. a play executed when there is a runner on third base and usually not more than one out, in which the runner starts for home as soon as the pitcher makes a motion to pitch, and the batter bunts.

b.	Also called safety squeeze, safety squeeze play. a similar play in which the runner on third base waits until the batter has successfully bunted before trying to score.

2.	the application of pressure or influence on a person or group in order to force compliance or gain an advantage.

Also called squeeze.

Origin:
1900–05, Americanism

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suicide squeeze

–noun

squeeze play (def. 1a).

Also called suicide squeeze play.

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squeeze play

n.
a special play in baseball where there is a runner on third base and the batter bunts. (With an early start the runner may reach home plate.) : They pulled off that squeeze play like the professionals they are.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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