close in

English

Verb

close in (third-person singular simple present closes in, present participle closing in, simple past and past participle closed in)

1. (transitive) To enclose, lock up inside something.
2. (intransitive, law enforcement, criminology) To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued.

   The police were closing in on the thieves.

Derived terms

• close in on

Translations

to enclose, lock up inside something

• Dutch: insluiten (nl)
• Galician: pechar (gl), encerrar (gl), choer (gl)

Anagrams

• cineols, colines, inclose