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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In the hours before that Team K-League match, fans crowd around the stadium and into the pop-up shops Tottenham have erected for the occasion. —

Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024 After entertaining the crowd around her, Rae announced the end of her act. —

Kristen Tauer, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024 The boys watch as women and children crowd around outside Qala Bakery, the only functioning bread shop in the city of Khan Younis. —

Hannah Peart, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024 There, the children crowd around a metal firepit and peer at the remnants of their last bonfire. —

Jackie Mader, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crowd around/round

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