stampede in

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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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.
See also: stampede
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • stampede
  • 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
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Stampede in Madagascar crowd kills 15 and wounds 75
Summary: Caracas [Venezuela], June 17 (ANI): As many as 17 people, including eight minors, have been killed in a stampede in a nightclub in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, confirmed the officials.
Venezuela: 17 killed in Caracas stampede
DHAKA -- At least nine people were killed on Monday in a stampede in Bangladesh's Chattagram district, 242 km southeast of capital Dhaka.
9 die in Ramadan stampede in Bangladesh
New Delhi: An inquiry report on the September 29 Elphinstone bridge stampede in Mumbai that killed 23 people has blamed heavy rain, confusion and the resulting panic for the tragedy, officials said on Wednesday.
Probe blames heavy rain, confusion for Elphinstone stampede in Mumbai
The is not the first time a stampede in China turned deadly.
Children Die In School Stampede In China
That's just part of the fun that awaits you when you visit the Calgary Stampede in Canada with Barrhead Travel.
Time to join Stampede
Hasni died along with more than 2,000 others during the stampede in Mecca during the pilgrimage.
Body of Lebanese who died in hajj returned home
"I really wanted to participate in Stampede in aid of my sister and the British Heart Foundation as their research into heart illness has kept our family together."
Mud lark really fits the bill; FITNESS can be fun, and this weekend thousands will prove it when they take part in a race with a difference. Health Reporter Craig Thompson looks ahead to the Newcastle Stampede
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 (KUNA) -- Pakistan Ministry of Religious Affairs confirmed on Monday that at least 76 Pakistani pilgrims died in the September 24 stampede in Mina during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Ministry confirms death of 76 Pakistani pilgrims in Mina stampede
Some 769 Muslim pilgrims were killed and over 900 injured in the stampede in Mina near Mecca, according to Saudi Arabia, though unofficial figures estimate the number of deaths at 1,200.
Death toll of Indians in Mecca stampede rises to 58
ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih on Saturday said the number of pilgrims who died in Thursday's stampede in Mina has risen to 769.
Mina stampede deaths rise to 769
Some 270 died in a stampede during the stoning ritual in 1994 and in 1990 a stampede in an overcrowded pedestrian tunnel in Mecca killed 1,426.
Pilgrimage with a history of disasters
The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah has confirmed that one local Filipino pilgrim died in the stampede in Mecca, Foreign Assistant Secretary Charles Jose said in a statement sent to reporters via text message.
1 Filipino confirmed dead in Saudi hajj stampede-DFA
The stampede was the deadliest disaster at the hajj since 2006, when more than 360 pilgrims were killed in a stampede in the same area.
310 die, 450 hurt in hajj stampede
1990: The worst hajj-related tragedy claims the lives of 1,426 pilgrims in a stampede in an overcrowded pedestrian tunnel leading to holy sites in Mecca.
Over 700 killed in hajj pilgrimage stampede on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Second major disaster during this year's hajj season after a crane collapse in Mecca nearly two weeks earlier killing more than 100 people