crowd out

present singular third person crowds out · participle present crowding out · participle past crowded out · past crowded out

1. figurativelysometimestransitiveTo force to leave by crowding; to push out or away through strength of numbers.

   Moreover, acknowledgements got crowded out of last month's article, so that a double list has to be printed this month, and one of the longest on record.

   1956 December 28, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 854

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   Gary Neville, the former Manchester United and England right-back, has acknowledged that, were he starting his career today, he would probably have found himself crowded out of the Old Trafford first-team picture by overseas imports.

   20 August 2013, Louise Taylor, “English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing”, in The Guardian