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Definition squeezed middle, the in British English

squeezed middle, the noun

noun
1

people on average incomes who are finding it difficult to make ends meet because rising prices have not been matched by rises in wages

Example

Lots of the research on the "squeezed middle" phenomenon has been produced by the Resolution Foundation.

Definition squeezed middle, the in British English