flood out

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar que alguém é forçado a deixar um lugar por causa de muita água ou outra substância, ou para descrever a saída repentina de muitas pessoas ou coisas de um lugar.

A phrasal verb used to indicate forcing someone to leave a place due to an overwhelming amount of water or other substance, or to describe a large number of people or things leaving a place suddenly.

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Force to leave due to waterformal

   To force people to leave their homes or an area because of flooding.

   Forçar a sair por causa de inundação

   • The heavy rains flooded out several families in the valley.
   • Many residents were flooded out of their homes after the river burst its banks.
   • The village was completely flooded out during the storm.

   Sinônimosdisplacedrive outevacuateforce out

2. Overwhelm with a large amountinformal

   To be overwhelmed or forced out by a large number of things or people.

   Inundar (em sentido figurado)

   • The stadium was flooded out by fans trying to get tickets.
   • The small shop was flooded out with orders after the advertisement.
   • The office was flooded out with complaints after the policy change.

   Sinônimosdelugeengulffloodinundateoverwhelmswamp

Verbo baseflood