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to flood out
01
to overwhelm someone with an excessive amount of tasks or assignments, often beyond their capacity to manage effectively
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
flood out
3rd person singular
floods out
Past simple
flooded out
Past participle
flooded out
Examples
The new manager seems to flood out the team with last-minute projects, leaving everyone stressed and overworked.
02
to force people, animals, or things to leave a place or their homes due to an overflowing of water
Examples
Authorities had to flood out the entire neighborhood when the dam was at risk of breaching.
