crowd : Idioms & Phrases
crowd control
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noun activity of controlling a crowd
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crowd out
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verb press, force, or thrust out of a small space
force out.
- The weeds crowded out the flowers
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crowd together
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verb to gather together in large numbers
crowd.
- men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah
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over-crowding
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noun excessive crowding
congestion.
- traffic congestion
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To crowd out
- to press out; specifically, to prevent the publication of; as, the press of other matter crowded out the article.
Webster 1913
To crowd sail
(Naut.) , to carry an extraordinary amount of sail, with a view to accelerate the speed of a vessel; to carry a press of sail.