close in

DEFINITIONS OF: close in

“The police were closing in on him”

Type of:: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

“They closed in the porch with a fence”

Types:: show 24 types...; hide 24 types...; insert, tuck
fit snugly into; wall in, wall up
enclose with a wall; bower, embower
enclose in a bower; enshrine, shrine
enclose in a shrine; case, encase, incase
enclose in, or as if in, a case; bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; border, frame, frame in
enclose in or as if in a frame; glass, glass in
enclose with glass; bank
enclose with a bank; dike, dyke
enclose with a dike; encapsulate
enclose in a capsule or other small container; fence, fence in
enclose with a fence; cordon off, rope in, rope off
divide by means of a rope; casket
enclose in a casket; corral
enclose in a corral; fort, fortify
enclose by or as if by a fortification; hedge, hedge in
enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; brick in, brick over, brick up
wall up with brick; pack
arrange in a container; box, package
put into a box; sack
put in a sack; crate
put into a crate; as for protection; trench
fortify by surrounding with trenches; embattle
fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense

Type of:: border, environ, ring, skirt, surround
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

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