press out

Definitions

1. Extinguish by crushing, as a cigar.
2. Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action.
3. Press from plastic, as of records.
4. Break (a pre-cut piece) out of a larger form, as of die-cut cardboard shapes.

Equivalents

Examples

“Italians press⟳ out coffee rather than filter it.”

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