crowd round/around (sb/sth)

— phrasal verb with crowd

/kraʊd/ verb [T] informal

Definition

C1 to come together closely in a crowd around someone or something: As soon as he appeared, reporters crowded round.Forming groups (of people)

(Definition of crowd round/around (sb/sth) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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