crowd around/round

phrasal verb

crowded around/round; crowding around/round; crowds around/round
: to form a tight group around (something or someone)
A small group of people crowded around the car.
When one of the protesters began to speak, the people crowded around (him) to hear what he had to say.

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Eventually, the crowd around the veteran right-hander’s corner locker swelled. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025 Now there was a crowd around the triple jump pit, clapping and cheering each jumper. Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025 Within the space’s pink and green walls, the women crowd around card tables strewn with bingo cards and laden with bags of popcorn, chips, cheese puffs and candy bars. Meena Duerson, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025 Visitors often crowd around the display case to glimpse this remarkable piece of linguistic history. David Nikel, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crowd around/round

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“Crowd around/round.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowd%20around%2Fround. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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