crowds out
Edges out competition
Crowds out means to displace or exclude by taking up available space or resources.
In economics, government borrowing crowds out private investment by absorbing capital that would otherwise flow to businesses.
More generally, one activity crowds out another when it consumes time or attention: Work has been crowding out everything else in my life.
The image is of a space too full to accommodate what was there before.
- displacesRemoves from usual place
- takes overAssumes another's position
- opportunity costSacrificed alternative's worth
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- budgetary constraintsSpending boundaries from limited funds
habitat loss · urban sprawl · supplants · market saturation · overshadows · resource allocation · finite resources · resource depletion · demographic shifts · government spending · public spending · private investment · decision fatigue · monopolization · small businesses · marginalizes · outcompetes · social stratification
crowds outaccommodates
Makes room for
lets in · admits · includes · embraces · incorporates
crowds outstimulates
Prompts into action
catalyzes · spurs · enables · attracts · encourages
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