crowd in on /kɹaʊd ˈɪn ɒn/ verb1 •To join when not wanted; to force one's way into a situation where one is unwelcome.But in 1883 the queen [Queen Victoria] abandoned this place [Glas-allt-Shiel] on the death of John Brown; wherever she now went the memories crowded in on her. — 2003 formscrowded in on · crowding in on · crowds in on