crowd : Idioms & Phrases

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crowd control

  • noun activity of controlling a crowd
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crowd out

  • verb press, force, or thrust out of a small space
    force out.
    • The weeds crowded out the flowers
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crowd together

  • verb to gather together in large numbers
    crowd.
    • men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah
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over-crowding

  • 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.
Webster 1913