dictionnaire néerlandais - Anglais

Nederlands, Vlaams - English

knijpen Anglais:

1. squeeze


The bank rate cut is expected to relieve the severe financial squeeze that has hit industry.
freshly-squeezed lemon juice
They are feeling the squeeze on budgets
The little space was too narrow for him to squeeze through. Now aim and squeeze.
I like juice from squeezed fruits
She really had to stretch her imagination to squeeze enough material for a solo album out of a contrabassoon, but by God, she did.
He squeezed her hands. She squeezed the water out of her blouse. I squeezed an orange and made juice.
Before serving your pancakes, just squeeze some fresh lemon juice over them
take applications and squeeze them into one server
Our company is in a squeeze, but I'm sure we're gonna make it.
As she waited to go into the exam, he squeezed her hand (= pressed it affectionately with his hand) and wished her good luck.
I'm afraid that when the cops squeeze him he'll start to sing.
squeeze more out - wycisnąć więcej z / squeeze a lemon - wyciskać cytrynę / squeeze into/through/past - wciskać się, przeciskać
The car was parked very close to another one, so I had to squeeze to get between them.
everyone agrees that these are 'classic symptoms of a monetary squeeze'

2. to pinch


Mrs Grandison’s pointed, Italian-style shoes were already beginning to pinch her feet [no object]: if your shoes pinch, take them off