Meaning of crawl over each other | Babel Free

Definitions

To compete with others eagerly or fiercely in pursuit of the same goal(s).

idiomatic, reciprocal

Examples

“We crawl over each other in our race⟳ for power, wealth, and fame.”

“By the time "The Contest" was repeated on April 29, 1993, the first night of that year's May sweeps, Seinfeld was a Top Ten show⟳ on Thursday nights, and advertisers were crawling over each other to sign⟳ up.”

“[…] game shows like⟳ Survivor, where young, attractive (mainly white, but definitely affluent or unthreateningly petit-bourgeois) people are invited to pretend⟳ that they are alone in the 'wilderness' and must crawl over each other for access to food, shelter⟳ and sex.”

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