squeeze off

Verb

squeeze off (third-person singular simple present squeezes off, present participle squeezing off, simple past and past participle squeezed off)

1. (informal, transitive) To fire (a shot or shots) by pulling the trigger of a firearm.
   • I squeezed off a few rounds until the people started retreating while aiming where I was. I was surprised when one of the slugs actually entered the cave, so I aimed and squeezed the trigger several times.2014, S. E. Nelson, Nightmare Along the River Nile
2. (transitive) To cut off by squeezing.
   • Guy started fumbling with his zipper, trying unsuccessfully to squeeze off the flow of urine.2022, Chuck Marten, Bad Guy Lawyer
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see squeeze, off.
   • Other paths can be occupied by oil trains from Grain, timber trains for Chirk, cement trains for Clitheroe, as well as engineering trains running this way to avoid the West Coast Main Line and other 60mph services squeezed off the WCML to make way for faster passenger and freight trains.2025 July 9, Philip Haigh, “When the WCML closes, can the S&C take the strain?”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 22