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Phrase(s): crawling with some kind of creature
[of a surface] covered with insects or animals, moving about. • The basement was crawling with rats! • We came home and found the kitchen floor crawling with ants., Phrase(s): crawling with someone
Fig. [of a surface] covered with many people or members of a class of people moving about. • The place was crawling with police and FBI agents. • The city was crawling with tourists making it almost impossible to go from place to place.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs