crowd out
phrasal verb
crowded out; crowding out; crowds out
: to push, move, or force (something or someone) out of a place or situation by filling its space
The quick-growing grass is crowding out native plants.
She worries that junk food is crowding fruits and vegetables out of her children's diet.
Examples of crowd out in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
And not just any law, but a law meant to crowd out waste, fraud, and abuse.
—
NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
In the labor market, they were crowded out by both older and younger generations.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
In addition, the study results suggest that eating more fiber to support beneficial bacteria may help crowd out harmful bacteria from the Enterobacteriaceae family, including Klebsiella pneumoniae (which can cause pneumonia and meningitis), shigella, and E. coli.
—Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Jan. 2025
There is little reason to believe that the technological path that government officials happen to prefer is the optimum one — and the danger is that tax credits are creating market distortions that crowd out better solutions.
—Veronique De Rugy, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for crowd out 
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
In the labor market, they were crowded out by both older and younger generations.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
In addition, the study results suggest that eating more fiber to support beneficial bacteria may help crowd out harmful bacteria from the Enterobacteriaceae family, including Klebsiella pneumoniae (which can cause pneumonia and meningitis), shigella, and E. coli.
—Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Jan. 2025
There is little reason to believe that the technological path that government officials happen to prefer is the optimum one — and the danger is that tax credits are creating market distortions that crowd out better solutions.
—Veronique De Rugy, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for crowd out
Dictionary Entries Near crowd out
Cite this Entry
“Crowd out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowd%20out. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share