To arrive or enter somewhere in large quantities or numbers.
When lots of things or people come in all at the same time, like water filling a bucket.
3 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
For large numbers of people, messages, or amounts of money to arrive continuously.
"After the charity appeal aired, donations poured in from across the country."
Letters poured in from all over the world.
— The Guardian (2012), reporting on public response to the Leveson Inquiry
To add a liquid into something in a continuous stream.
"She poured in the milk slowly, stirring the mixture as she went."
To invest or put large amounts of money or resources into something.
"The government has poured billions of dollars in to revitalise the region."
Liquid being directed into a space — naturally extended to mean any large inflow.
When lots of things or people come in all at the same time, like water filling a bucket.
Often used in news and media to describe large-scale arrivals — of donations, complaints, refugees, sunlight, etc. Can be used literally (liquid entering a container) or figuratively (people, money, responses). Commonly appears in passive constructions when transitive.
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