crowd out
verb1
Figuratively, Sometimes To force to leave by crowding; to push out or away through strength of numbers.
- Moreover, acknowledgements got crowded out of last month's article, so that a double list has to be printed this month, and one of the longest on record.1956 December 23, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 854:
- Gary Neville, the former Manchester United and England right-back, has acknowledged that, were he starting his career today, he would probably have found himself crowded out of the Old Trafford first-team picture by overseas imports.20 August 2013, Louise Taylor, “English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing”, in The Guardian: