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CROWD OUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Press, force, or thrust out of a small space

Example:

The weeds crowded out the flowers

Synonyms:

crowd out; force out

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "crowd out" is one way to...):

displace (cause to move, usually with force or pressure)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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