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in droves

 
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drove
part of speech: phrase
definition: in large numbers and often eagerly, anxiously, or hurriedly.
Customers came to the electronics store in droves for the clear-out sale.On the first hot day of the summer, people came to the beaches in droves.Businesses left the city in droves over the next few years.