close in

1. Advance or converge on (synset 202058627)
   "The police were closing in on him"
   is a type of: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
   same as: draw in
   verb group: draw in, get in, move in, pull in - of trains; move into (a station)
2. Surround completely (synset 201589983)
   "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
   is a type of: border, environ, ring, skirt, surround - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
   subtypes:

   • insert, tuck - fit snugly into
   • wall in, wall up - enclose with a wall
   • bower, embower - enclose in a bower
   • enshrine, shrine - enclose in a shrine
   • case, encase, incase - enclose in, or as if in, a case
   • bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
   • border, frame, frame in - enclose in or as if in a frame
   • glass, glass in - enclose with glass
   • bank - enclose with a bank
   • dike, dyke - enclose with a dike
   • encapsulate - enclose in a capsule or other small container
   • fence, fence in - enclose with a fence
   • cordon off, rope in, rope off - divide by means of a rope
   • casket - enclose in a casket
   • corral - enclose in a corral
   • fort, fortify - enclose by or as if by a fortification
   • hedge, hedge in - enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
   same as: enclose, inclose, shut in

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