close in on

English

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Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) To enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.

   Sometimes it feels like the walls are closing in on me.

2. (idiomatic) To catch up with in a chase; to near the end of a pursuit.

   The police closed in on the suspect.

3. (idiomatic) To near a goal or completion.

   I think we are closing in on the end of this project.

Translations

to enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse

• French: enserrer (fr)

to catch up with in a chase; to near the end of a pursuit

• French: se rapprocher (fr)
• Swedish: knappa in på

to near a goal or completion

• French: approcher (fr)

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• cloisonne, cloisonné