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close in on

verb

Definitions

  1. To enclose around

    To enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.

    • Sometimes it feels like the walls are closing in on me.

  2. To catch up with in a chase

    To catch up with in a chase; to near the end of a pursuit.

    • The police closed in on the suspect.

  3. To near a goal or completion.

    • I think we are closing in on the end of this project.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for close in on. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA