if night or darkness closes in, it becomes night, or it gets darker
if the days close in, there are fewer hours of light each day because autumn is starting
if the weather closes in, it becomes unpleasant
to move nearer to someone, especially in order to surround them and stop them from escaping
Doug and I had been close in the service and he didn't have many friends at the moment.
Enemy troops began closing in at dawn.
It was close in here, humid, the stools filled shoulder to shoulder.
It was very silent and Tweed was conscious of the encircling forest which seemed to close in on the airport.
The police finally closed in on Connors and captured him.
They walked slowly, stooping, keeping close in line, following attentively every move that Gollum made.
closes in
closing in
closed in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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