See close in on Wiktionary
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"To enclose, lock up inside something."
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"enclose",
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"inside",
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"(transitive) To enclose, lock up inside something."
],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
"word": "insluiten"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
"word": "pechar"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
"word": "encerrar"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
"word": "choer"
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"text": "The police had not yet caught the thieves, but were closing in.",
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"To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued."
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"(intransitive) To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued."
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"(intransitive) To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued."
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
"word": "insluiten"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
"word": "pechar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
"word": "encerrar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
"word": "choer"
}
],
"word": "close in"
}
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