crowd around someone or something

crowd around someone or something
crowd around someone or something
to flock or swarm around someone or something. •

The children crowded around the department store Santa, eager for their chance at talking to him.

Everyone crowded around the radio to listen.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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