crowd up
C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
When people fill up a space by gathering together, especially from below or at the bottom.
Literal meaning: A crowd moving upward or filling upward.
Meanings
1 C1 informal
To fill a space by gathering together in large numbers.
"Supporters began to crowd up at the entrance hours before the doors opened."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Rare in modern standard English. More common historically or in regional dialects. Learners are advised to use 'crowd in' or 'fill up' in most contexts.
Commonly used with
people spectators fans entrance
Forms
Base
crowd up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
crowds up
he/she/it
Past simple
crowded up
yesterday
Past participle
crowded up
have + pp
-ing form
crowding up
continuous
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