in the thousands
idiomPart ofthousands
in the thousands — idiom
1. Used to state that a quantity falls somewhere between 1,000 and 1,000,000, espec
1.idiom
Definition
Used to state that a quantity falls somewhere between 1,000 and 1,000,000, especially when the exact figure is unknown or unimportant.
Example
Evelyn does not know the exact number, but she estimates the crowd at the concert was in the thousands.
Once numbering in the thousands, the local salmon population has now fallen to just a few hundred.