DROVES


Meaning of DROVES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ droʊvz ]

If you say that people are going somewhere or doing something in droves , you are emphasizing that there is a very large number of them.

Scientists are leaving the country in droves...

N-PLURAL : usu in N , in poss N , N of n [ emphasis ]

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