('Brit') 'Squash up' [=move closer together] to make room for one more person.
His poor performance 'squashed' any hope he had of a promotion.
Someone had 'squashed' all the ribbons together in one box.
(..) And they were all arguing amongst themselves... ...about how they were going to cook us. Whether it be turned on a spit,or to sit on us one by one,squash us into jelly. They spent so much time arguing the whithertos and the whyfors... ...that the sun's first light crept over the top of the trees... (..)2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring