"close in" meaning in English

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      "form": "closes in",
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      "form": "closing in",
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      "form": "closed in",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To enclose, lock up inside something."
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          "enclose",
          "enclose"
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          "lock up",
          "lock up"
        ],
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          "inside",
          "inside"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To enclose, lock up inside something."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
          "word": "insluiten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
          "word": "pechar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
          "word": "encerrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "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.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Keep refining your estimate, and you will gradually close in on the right answer.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "come",
          "come"
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        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
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          "pursued",
          "pursued"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "24 0 76",
          "word": "close in on"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 21:",
          "text": "Then we pass through Bebington station, and, entering a cutting, become aware of the usual signs of approach to an urban area—buildings closing in, an all-round increase in smokiness, and the application of brakes.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become closer, surround."
      ],
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          "closer",
          "closer"
        ],
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          "surround",
          "surround"
        ]
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  "word": "close in"
}

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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "closed in",
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      "glosses": [
        "To enclose, lock up inside something."
      ],
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          "lock up",
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        "(transitive) To enclose, lock up inside something."
      ],
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          "text": "The police had not yet caught the thieves, but were closing in.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Keep refining your estimate, and you will gradually close in on the right answer.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued."
      ],
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          "come",
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          "approach",
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          "pursued",
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      ],
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        "(intransitive) To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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        }
      ],
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        "To become closer, surround."
      ],
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          "closer",
          "closer"
        ],
        [
          "surround",
          "surround"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
      "word": "insluiten"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
      "word": "choer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "close in"
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