close in
phrasal verbclose in
- when the days close in, they become gradually shorter during the autumn
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- if the weather closes in, it gets worse
- when the night closes in, it gets darker
- They huddled around the fire as the night closed in.
close in (on somebody/something)
- to move nearer to somebody/something, especially in order to attack them
- The lions closed in on their prey.