to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside

verbadjective HSK 3.0 · Band 5 trad. 擠

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早上的地铁挤满了人。

In the morning the subway is packed with people.

这么多人怎么挤得上去?

With so many people how can anyone squeeze aboard?