pinch out
phrasal verbpinch in/out
- to place the thumb and a finger of one hand on the screen of a device such as a mobile phone or small computer and move them together or apart, to make the image or text on the screen appear smaller or larger
- Pinch in on the home page.
- You can pinch out to zoom in on the map.
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pinch something off/out
- to remove something by pressing your thumb and fingers together and pulling
- Pinch off the dead flowers.