crowd out

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crowd out - press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds crowded out the flowers"

force out

displace - cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"

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vt sep (= not let in) → wegdrängen; (= make leave) → herausdrängen; (Press) article etc → verdrängen; the pub was crowded out → das Lokal war gerammelt voll (inf) → or proppenvoll (inf)

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|Above, the ECHO's advert for David Bowie's concert at the Top Rank in St John's Precinct in 1972, and, below, a dapper crowd out on the town

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