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Verb: press out  pres awt
  1. Extinguish by crushing
    - stub, extinguish, stub out, crush out
     
  2. Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
    "Italians press out coffee rather than filter it";
    - express, extract
     
  3. Make from plastic by moulding or to a shape or pattern
    "press out a record";
    - press

Derived forms: presses out, pressing out, pressed out

Type of: acquire, cast, extinguish, get, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], quench, snuff out