Meaning & use
Squeaked
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Made a short, high-pitched sound, or narrowly succeeded at something.
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The old door squeaked loudly every time someone opened it.
The team squeaked out a win in the final seconds of the game.
A note on using this word
The idiom 'squeaked by' or 'squeaked through' means to succeed with the narrowest possible margin.
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