crowd in
Squeeze into space
To crowd in is to press or push into a space, often creating congestion: Everyone crowded in to see the newborn.
It can describe thoughts or memories forcing themselves into consciousness: Doubts began to crowd in.
The phrase suggests compression—too many things entering too small a space, whether physical or mental.
- gatherBring or come together
- throngDense pressing crowd
- pressApply force downward
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- squeeze inInsert with difficulty
press together · congregate · surge · cram · pack · pack in · pile in · preoccupy · jam · bunch · obsess · assembly · cluster · consume · engross · jump in · get in · come in
- intrusionsintrusion, intrude, intruder, intruding, barging in
density/proximity
crowd inspread out
Extended over distance
space out · separate · stand apart · sprawl