1 ~ sth (against sth) to press sth so that it becomes soft, damaged or flat, or changes shape:
[VN] The tomatoes at the bottom of the bag had been squashed. * He squashed his nose against the window. * Move up-you're squashing me! * [VN-ADJ] Squash your cans flat before recycling.
2 [+adv./prep.] to push sb/sth or yourself into a space that is too small:
[V] We all squashed into the back of the car. * [VN] How many people are they going to try and squash into this bus? * She was squashed between the door and the table. * There were dozens of us in the room, squashed together like sardines.
3 [VN] to stop sth from continuing; to destroy sth because it is a problem for you:
to squash a plan / an idea / a revolt * If parents don't answer children's questions, their natural curiosity will be squashed. * The statement was an attempt to squash the rumours.
PHRASALVERBS
squash up (against sb/sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for squash is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is squash a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, squash is tagged as verb.
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