crowd in on

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. (idiomatic, transitive) To join when not wanted; to force one's way into a situation where one is unwelcome.
   • These objects [on the sun's surface], some of which were as large in superficial area as all Europe, and some even as the surface of the whole earth, were found to shoot in thin streams across the spots, bringing them over in well-defined streams or comparative lines,[…]; sometimes by crowding in...1863, “Astronomy and Meteorology [Some Peculiar Features of the Sun’s Surface]”, in David A[mes] Wells, editor, Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art for 1863....
   • 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...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, chapter II, page 90, column 2

   Synonyms:

   interfere, intrude, muscle in on