CROWD OUT


Meaning of CROWD OUT in English

If one thing crowds out another, it is so successful or common that the other thing does not have the opportunity to be successful or exist.

In the 1980s American exports crowded out European films.

= squeeze out

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P

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