Definition

Verb Phrase: - To rush/stream out or in: To move quickly and en masse in a sudden, uncontrolled, or eager manner, often describing a group of people moving together toward or away from something. - To flock/swarm: To gather or move in a large, hurried group, typically driven by a common impulse like curiosity, excitement, or urgency.

Usage Examples

• (At break time, the pupils rush out of the classroom.)
• (People flocked to the crowd.)
• (Upon hearing the cry for help, they rushed over.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase emphasizes collective, spontaneous, and often noisy movement. It is not used for a single person's action but for a group's simultaneous action.
• It often implies a lack of order or discipline in the movement, driven by a strong, immediate impulse.

Variants and Related Words

• Ùa vào (v): To swarm in, to pour in.
  • Khán giả ùa vào sân vận động. (The spectators poured into the stadium.)
• Chạy tán loạn (v): To run helter-skelter, to scatter in panic (implies more fear and disorder than ).
  • Bầy chim chạy tán loạn khi nghe súng. (The birds scattered helter-skelter at the sound of the gun.)

Synonyms

• Rush: To move with urgent haste.
• Stream: To flow or move in a continuous, steady mass.
• Swarm: To move in a large, dense group.
• Flock: To congregate or move in a crowd.

Related Idioms

• Chạy ùa ra như ong vỡ tổ: To rush out like a disturbed beehive (to describe a very chaotic and sudden exit).
  • Nghe chuông báo cháy, mọi người chạy ùa ra như ong vỡ tổ. (Hearing the fire alarm, everyone rushed out like a disturbed beehive.)

1. Rush, stream
   • Giờ nghỉ học sinh chạy ùa ra khỏi phòng
     At breaks the pupils stream out of the classroom