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: to force (something or someone) into a small space, a short period of time, etc.

• A parking garage has been shoehorned between the buildings.
• She’s trying to shoehorn a year’s worth of classes into a single semester.
• I don’t know how they managed to shoehorn everyone into that little room.
• He was trying to shoehorn the cooler into the back of the van.