squash down

squash down

1. Literally, to crush, crumple, or mash something down. A noun or pronoun can be used between "squash" and "down." I kept trying to squash my clothes down to fit them all in the suitcase, but it was hopeless. I wish the courier hadn't squashed down the box to fit it through the mail slot like that!
2. To willfully suppress, inhibit, or quash something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "squash" and "down." If you squash down your anger like that, it's going to end up exploding down the line. The dictator squashed the rebellion down without mercy.
See also: down, squash
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

squash something down

to crush something down; to pack something down. squash the ice cream down so the air will be pushed out. Who squashed down my hat?
See also: down, squash
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • ask down
  • bear down
  • chow down
  • chow something down
  • clunk
  • clunk down
  • brush down
  • button down
  • bolt down
  • call down
References in periodicals archive
Add 1 crushed garlic clove and 350g fresh spinach and squash down into the pan.
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They look like normal rocks but squash down when touched.
So no one wants to lose a piece of stringy butternut squash down a pushed-up cleavage?
If cooking in a pan, squash down a little with the back of a fish slice while cooking, flip over after 2-3 mins when golden, then cook on the other side.
You cannot have a picnic on a merry-go-round, and if you do squash down a hotdog in-ride, you give it up to the squirrels afterwards.
The Burning - Blood Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Daniel Pemberton For as long as I can remember I have relied on great film music to inspire me choreographically or help me squash down and contain my emotional responses to certain situations.
4 Next, using a fish slice, squash down the middle of the pastry.
I played with a friend who had the psychological intimidation aspect of squash down to a T, to the extent that he earned himself the nickname The Beast.
Hold the notched spreader almost at right angles to the wall to leave neat ridges of adhesive that the tiles squash down.
Holding the notched spreader almost at right angles to the wall will leave neat ridges of adhesive that will squash down flat when the tiles are pressed into place.
We store potatoes, carrots and squash down there, and this year we are walling off a small area in one corner to serve as a root cellar.
Packed into the Leppings Lane terrace like sardines, it was so uncomfortable, fellow Liverpool fans were being raised like Lazarus from the suffocating squash down below into the relative comfort of the stand above.
Some strips can be a bit feeble so within a couple of years they start to squash down or break up.
This is because the discs of cartilage in your spine expand when you lie down then squash down again once you get up.