stampede
stampede in (something)
1. To rush in(to some place) all at once and in, or as if in, a wild panic. A great mass of people stampeded in the department store at the crack of dawn to avail of their Black Friday sales. I opened the gates to the barn and all the cows stampeded in.
2. To stampede due to some particular catalyst or reason. The herd began stampeding in fear after the loud explosion went off. The crowd of protesters stampeded in panic after the police began firing tear gas at them.
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stampede into (some place)
1. To rush into some place all at once and in, or as if in, a wild panic. A great mass of people stampeded into the department store at the crack of dawn to avail of their Black Friday sales. The herd of cattle, spooked by the loud explosion, stampeded right into the gorge to their deaths.
2. To enter into some place in very large numbers. Following the second World War, people from all over the world began stampeding into the country in the search of better opportunities. Would-be prospectors stampeded into the region in the search for gold.
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stampede out
1. To run or rush out (of some place) all at once and in, or as if in, a wild panic. Nearly 30,000 people began stampeding out of the stadium at once as the fire began to spread. All the students stampeded out as the final bell of the school year began to ring.
2. To leave (some place) in very large numbers. During the economic recession, young people began stampeding out of the country in search of better opportunities elsewhere. Once it became clear that the hills had been stripped of their mineral deposits, all the prospectors and mining companies stampeded out all at once.
See also: out, stampede
stampede out of (some place)
1. To run or rush out of some place all at once and in, or as if in, a wild panic. Nearly 30,000 people began stampeding out of the stadium at once as the fire began to spread. All the students stampeded out of the building as the final bell of the school year began to ring.
2. To leave some place in very large numbers. During the economic recession, young people began stampeding out of the country in search of better opportunities elsewhere. The prospectors and mining companies stampeded out of the hills once it became clear that they had been totally stripped of their mineral deposits.
See also: of, out, stampede
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
stampede in(to some place)
[for a crowd of people or other creatures] to move rapidly into a place, as if in panic. The shoppers stampeded into the store the minute the doors opened. The doors opened and the shoppers stampeded in.
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stampede out of
some place [for a crowd of people or other creatures] to move rapidly out of a place, as if in panic. The patrons stampeded out of the smoky theater. The cattle stampeded out of the corral.
See also: of, out, stampede
stampede someone or something into something
to cause people or other creatures to move rapidly into a place, in panic or as if in panic. The loud noises stampeded the crowd into the parking lot across from the stadium. The cowboys stampeded the cattle into the corral.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- stampede in
- stampede in (something)
- stampede into
- stampede into (some place)
- stampede out of
- stampede out of (some place)
- stampede out
- from dawn to dusk
- at the crack of dawn
- the crack of dawn