crowd in on

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹaʊd ˈɪn ɒn/
• (Northern US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /kɹaʊd ˈɪn ɑn/
• (Southern American English) IPA^(key): /kɹaʊd ˈɪn ɔn/

Verb

crowd in on (third-person singular simple present crowds in on, present participle crowding in on, simple past and past participle crowded in on)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To join when not wanted; to force one's way into a situation where one is unwelcome.
   • 1922 November 25, A[rthur] M[urray] Chisholm, “A Thousand a Plate”, in Western Story Magazine, volume XXX, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Street & Smith Corporation, OCLC 11910542, chapter II, page 90, column 2:

     Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme. "The low-down, ornery cuss!" said Dobbs. "The nerve of him, crowdin' in on us, just as if there wasn't lots of other places for him to go!"