squeeze play
noun1
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The tactic of bunting the ball to help a runner at third base score.
- The squeeze play is on! Jones bunts, and Smith scores from third.
2
Figuratively An instance of 'squeezing' someone: a use of pressure or force to achieve one's goal.
- This "squeeze play" is only one of many battles between Wead and liberals on Bush's staff.1990 August 31, John Zeh, “Bush Aide Fired For Anti-Gay Stance”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 7, page 6:
3
Bridge, Games The tactic of running a suit to compel another player to waste potentially winning cards.
- Squeeze play is an important part of the endgame.
4
Card games, Poker The tactic of reraising a raiser and a caller to compel one or both to fold, often as a bluff.
- Synonyms
- squeeze
- Related terms
- safety squeeze, suicide squeeze