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close in
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb close in has 2 senses
- close in(v = verb.motion) draw in - advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him" is one way to advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
- close in(v = verb.contact) enclose, inclose, shut in - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" is one way to border, environ, ring, skirt, surround
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
THESAURUS
close in
accost, advance, approach, appropinquate, approximate, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bound, box in, cage, center, centralize, chamber, close, close up, close with, come, come closer, come forward, come near, come on, come together, come up, compass, concenter, concentralize, concentrate, confront, contain, converge, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, draw near, draw nigh, encircle, enclose, encompass, encounter, enshrine, envelop, fall in with, fence, fence in, funnel, gain upon, hedge, hedge in, hem, hem in, house in, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, intersect, jail, kennel, leaguer, meet, mew, mew up, narrow the gap, near, nip, pen, pen in, pinch, pocket, proximate, quarantine, rail in, run together, shrine, shut in, shut up, sidle up to, stable, step up, surround, taper, unite, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up
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