close in

Meaning

1. Oxford43% of films

   to move nearer to sb / sth, especially in order to attack them

In the movies · 41

• You feel it coming. It creeps up on you, close in your ear,Ford v Ferrari2019
• (ON RADIO) We're closing in on the target, sir.Black Widow2021
• Andersen makes her move. She's closing in!Inside Out2015
• Close, in the name of jesting!Twelfth Night2012
• The debts pile up The walls close inPokémon Detective Pikachu2019
• Get as close in as you can.Despicable Me2010
• The air is so close in here.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002
• Mollie, slow down! You're too close in.Ford v Ferrari2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Inside Out2015
  • Broccoli on the Pizza
  • Sadness Nearly Touches a Core Memory
  • Riley Introduces Herself and Cries
• Twelfth Night2012
  • Orsino's Speech on Music and Love
  • Viola Disguises Herself as a Man
  • Sir Andrew Boasts About Dancing

From the same entry

• close the book on
• close its doors
• close your mind to
• close ranks
• close the door on
• shut your ears to
• shut your eyes to
• with your eyes shut
• close down
• close off
• close out
• close over