close in

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verb

1. advance or converge on (Freq. 7)
- The police were closing in on him
• Syn:
draw in
• Hypernyms:
advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
• Verb Group:
pull in, get in, move in, draw in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. surround completely
- Darkness enclosed him
- They closed in the porch with a fence
• Syn:
enclose, inclose, shut in
• Derivationally related forms:
enclosure (for: enclose)
• Hypernyms:
surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
• Hyponyms:
tuck, insert, wall in, wall up, embower,
bower, enshrine, shrine, encase, incase, case,
immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up, frame,
frame in, border, glass, glass in, bank, dike,
dyke, encapsulate, fence, fence in, rope in, rope off,
rope off, casket, corral, fortify, fort,
hedge, hedge in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something