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.”

CEFR level