('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.
(..) again like last week. See this guy? You see this guy? This guy don't want you to have the money. Because he wants to come back there and squash your head. I have one customer sitting here. What I'm gonna do? Business is bad? You opened a store in an Irish neighborhood. These are dirty people. (..)2006 The Departed