in droves en · ADP
Meanings
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(idiomatic) In large numbers, or great crowds.
The difference to 2020 has been marked. People have returned to the railway in their droves, far faster than the pessimists predicted - especially this year, now that international travel restrictions have been lifted, bringing back foreign tourism.
2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79:Viewers are switching off news and current affairs programmes in droves with shows such as Panorama, Tonight with Trevor McDonald and even Watchdog failing to connect with audiences, a new report claims.
2002 October 31, Owen Gibson, “TV audiences desert news in droves”, in The Guardian:
Synonyms
Translations (27)
es a mansalva (to excess) · ru толпами (to excess) · pt aos borbotões (to excess) · tr fazlasıyla (to excess) · de in höchstem Maße (to excess) · nl te over (to excess) · es a patadas (to excess) · es a punta pala (to excess) · ru сполна (to excess) · fr en grand nombre (to excess) · ca a dojo (to excess) · nl bij de vleet (to excess) · it in quantità (to excess) · it a frotte (to excess) · tr ziyadesiyle (to excess) · it in abbondanza (to excess) · nl in groten getale (to excess) · it in gran numero (to excess) · fr à la pelle (to excess) · es con creces (to excess) · pt em penca (to excess) · pl od groma (to excess) · hu tömegesen (to excess) · fr en nombre (to excess) · nl in overvloed (to excess) · es a porrillo (to excess) · es a raudales (to excess)