crowd onto
phrasal verbcrowd into/onto something | crowd in
- to move in large numbers into a small space
- We all crowded into her office to sing ‘Happy Birthday’.
- A large number of us crowded onto the bus.
- Thousands of shoppers had crowded into the town centre.
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crowd somebody/something into/onto something | crowd somebody/something in
- to put many people or things into a small space
- Guests were crowded into the few remaining rooms.
- They crowd people onto the trains.