crawl over each other

Meaning: (idiomatic,reciprocal)Tocompetewith otherseagerlyorfiercelyin pursuit of the same goal(s).1984, Og Mandino,The Choice, Bantam, published1986,→ISBN,page110:Wecrawl over each otherin our race for power, wealth, and fame.1998, Kathleen Tracy,Jerry Seinfeld: The Entire Domain, Carol Publishing Group,→ISBN,page133:By the time "The Contest" was repeated on April 29, 1993, the first night of that year's May sweeps,Seinfeldwas a Top Ten show on Thursday nights, and advertisers werecrawling over each otherto sign up.2005, David Cox,Sign Wars: The Culture Jammers Strike Back, UoM Custom Book Centre,→ISBN,page206:[…]game shows likeSurvivor, where young, attractive (mainly white, but definitely affluent or unthreateningly petit-bourgeois) people are invited to pretend that they are alone in the 'wilderness' and mustcrawl over each otherfor access to food, shelter and sex.

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