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Hasibul Alam Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

I know squash up means move close together but I cannot get meaning from this sentence.

The middle kid had her nose squashed up against the living-room window and was making faces at us.
  

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You are not seeing "squashed up". "Up" is paired with "against". Her nose was "up against" the window and thereby squashed.

— Anonymous

  • You are not seeing "squashed up".
  • "Up" is paired with "against".
  • Her nose was "up against" the window and thereby squashed.
  • q=squash_1 does mention it.
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You are not seeing "squashed up". "Up" is paired with "against". Her nose was "up against" the window and thereby squashed. By the way, standard US English does not recognize "squash up" as a fixed expression, but I can see how it might be used the way you say, and https://dictiona

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Squashed means "flattened"

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