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Close in

To enclose, lock up inside something.

📖 Definitions of "Close in"

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    To enclose, lock up inside something.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Close in"

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WordDefinition
draw inverb(idiomatic, transitive) To attract.
closenoun(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
earlynounArriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
finishingnounThe act of completing something.
inlockverb(transitive) To lock in.
lock inverb(transitive, colloquial) To prevent (someone or something) from escaping, deteriorating, or switching to an alternative.
close in onverb(idiomatic) To catch up with in a chase; to near the end of a pursuit.
intercloseverb(transitive, obsolete) To shut in; to enclose.
becloseverb(transitive) To shut up or in; enclose; enwrap.
shut inverb(transitive) To confine.
enlockverb(transitive, archaic) To enclose.
incloseverb(now uncommon) Alternative form of enclose. [(transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.]
shutverb(transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
includeverbTo bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
inbindverb(transitive) To bind or hem in; enclose.
incarcerateverb(chiefly US, transitive) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
encloseverb(transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
imboundverb(archaic) To enclose in limits; to shut in.
box upverb(transitive) To pack into boxes.
shut upverb(ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.

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