The place was crawling with police and FBI agents.
•The city was crawling with tourists making it almost impossible to go from place to place.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
crawling with someone or something — od. covered with someone or something; alive with someone or something. □ The place was crawling with police and FBI agents. □ The room was just crawling with ants … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Gone with the Wind (film) — Infobox Film name = Gone With The Wind image size = 215px caption = original release poster director = Victor Fleming Uncredited: George Cukor Sam Wood producer = David O. Selznick writer = Screenplay: Sidney Howard Novel: Margaret Mitchell… … Wikipedia
kerb-crawling — British & Australian, American a kerb crawler someone who drives slowly along a road looking for someone to have sex with. There was a big scandal after the judge was prosecuted for kerb crawling … New idioms dictionary
crawl — 1 verb (I) 1 MOVE ON HANDS AND KNEES to move along on your hands and knees with your body close to the ground (+ along/across etc): She suddenly got down and crawled along behind the wall so that Carl wouldn t see her. | Is your baby crawling… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
crawl — crawl1 [ krɔl ] verb intransitive * 1. ) crawl across/along/through etc. to move along the ground on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground: She crawled across the floor, her eyes stinging from the smoke. They crawled through… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
crawl — crawl1 [kro:l US kro:l] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old Norse; Origin: krafla] 1.) to move along on your hands and knees with your body close to the ground crawl along/across etc ▪ The baby crawled across the floor. 2.) if an insect crawls, it moves… … Dictionary of contemporary English
crawl — [[t]krɔ͟ːl[/t]] crawls, crawling, crawled 1) VERB When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees. Don t worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk... [V prep/adv] I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door … English dictionary
hand — hand1 W1S1 [hænd] n ↑finger, ↑fingernail, ↑thumb ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of body)¦ 2¦(help)¦ 3¦(control)¦ 4 get out of hand 5 on the other hand 6 hands off 7 in hand … Dictionary of contemporary English
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
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