crowd in

phrasal verb

crowded in; crowding in; crowds in
1
: to move as a group into a small space
When we got to the elevator, everybody tried to crowd in.
2
of thoughts, memories, etc. : to come into someone's mind : to occupy someone's thinking
often + on
When I smell a pie baking, memories of childhood holidays crowd in on me.

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“Crowd in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowd%20in. Accessed 27 Mar. 2023.

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