Do Something in Droves?
If You Say That People Are Going Somewhere or Doing Something in Droves, You Are Emphasizing That There Is a Very Large Number of Them. Scientists Are Leaving...
If you say that people are going somewhere or doing something in droves, you are emphasizing that there is a very large number of them. Scientists are leaving the country in droves.
What does it mean to have something in droves?
: in large quantities People came in droves to hear her sing.
Where does the phrase in droves come from?
(One 1793 source disparagingly references Gypsy pickpockets who “in droves” swarm through crowds, relieving others of their possessions.) Something happened around the middle of the 20th century to give its use a bump.
Elena Rostova holds a Master's degree in Public Health Journalism. She covers groundbreaking medical research, holistic wellness trends, mental health awareness, and nutritional science.
