crowd out
English
Verb
crowd out (third-person singular simple present crowds out, present participle crowding out, simple past and past participle crowded out)
- (sometimes figuratively) To force to leave by crowding; to push out or away.
- 2013, Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing (in The Guardian, 20 August 2013)
- 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.
- 2013, Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing (in The Guardian, 20 August 2013)
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