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close around

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close (in) around someone or something
to move to surround someone or something. The police closed in around the thieves. We closed in around the enemy camp.
See also: around, close


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They crept into the corn, but the army did not march on, but remained encamped close around them.
Very close around the stockade--too close for defence, they said--the wood still flourished high and dense, all of fir on the land side, but towards the sea with a large admixture of live-oaks.
 
 
 
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