CROWD OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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