crowd out

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to force something or someone out by occupying the available space

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   crowd out something / crowd something out

   Usage: A noun object may come before or after out; put a personal pronoun between the verb and particle, as in crowd it out.

   Fast-growing weeds can crowd out the smaller flowers in a narrow bed.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   Fast-growing weeds can crowd out the smaller flowers in a narrow bed.

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