main squeeze

[main squeeze] {n.}, {slang}

1. The top ranking person in an organization or in a neighborhood; an important person, such as one's boss.

* /Mr. Bronchard is the main squeeze in this office./

2. The top person in charge of an illegal operation, such as drug sales, etc.

* /Before we can clean up this part of town, we must arrest the main squeeze./

3. One's principal romantic or sexual partner.

* /The singer's main squeeze is a member of the band./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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