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close (in) around (someone or something)

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close (in) around (someone or something)

To physically surround or encircle someone or something, often very closely and encroachingly. As the opposing troops closed in around us, I knew we would never win the battle. I need to get out of this little cabin—I feel like the walls are closing around me.
See also: around, close
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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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
See also:
  • close around
  • close in
  • close in (up)on (someone or something)
  • wreathe around
  • wreathe around (something)
  • wreathe in
  • wreathe (someone or something) in (something)
  • wreathe (someone or something) with (something)
  • surround (someone, something, or oneself) with (someone or something)
  • surround with


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