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) To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued.

   The police had not yet caught the thieves, but were closing in.

   Keep refining your estimate, and you will gradually close in on the right answer.

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