to put a person or animal in a place that they cannot leave
"Your last life is shut in the safe under charms only Gabriel can break.
No one was here at the moment, but Amy was on her way, bringing supplies to the shut-in.
The Englishman had a shut-in feeling, as though the buildings were closing in on him.
shuts in
shutting in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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