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squeeze play definition

☆ squeeze play

  1. Baseball a play in which the batter bunts in an effort to allow a runner on third base to score
  2. Bridge any play that forces an opponent to discard a potentially winning card
  3. pressure or coercion exerted to achieve some goal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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