shut in
phrasal verbshut somebody/yourself in (something)
- to put somebody in a room and keep them there; to go to a room and stay there
- She shut the dog in the shed while she prepared the barbecue.
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shut something in something
- to close a door, lid, etc. on something, in a way that is painful or means that the item cannot be moved
- Sam shut his finger in the car door.