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Phrase(s): squeak through (something)
1. Fig. to manage just to squeeze through an opening. • The child squeaked through the opening and escaped. • Sally squeaked through and got away. 2. Fig. to manage just to get past a barrier, such as an examination or interview. (Fig. on Q.) • Sally just barely squeaked through the interview, but she got the job. • I wasn’t too alert and I just squeaked through., Phrase(s): squeak something through
Fig. to manage just to get something accepted or approved. • I just managed to squeak the proposal through. • Tom squeaked the application through at the last minute.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs