crowd sb/sth out
— phrasal verb with crowd uk/kraʊd/us/kraʊd/verb [ T ] informal
to not allow a person or thing any space or opportunity to grow or develop:
Small local businesses have been crowded out by large multinationals.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Filling and completing
- brick
- brick up sth
- brim
- crowd
- crowd (sth) into sth
- fill
- jam
- occupy
- overcrowded
- overran
- overrun
- pack sth/somewhere out
- plug
- round
- supersaturated
- tank
- tank up
- top sb up
- top sth up
- wadding
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