piles out
Leaves in droves
Piles out describes leaving a place in a group, typically with some energy or haste.
The image is of people tumbling out together like objects from an overturned container: The kids piled out of the van as soon as we parked.
The opposite action is *pile in* or *pile into*.
- emergeCome out into view
- swarmMass of moving insects
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- spillAccidental liquid release
- throngDense pressing crowd
exit · gush · erupt · release · stampede · clown car · flood · pour · scramble · all at once · disembark · exodus · surge · mob · cluster · evacuate · cascade · burst