phrasal verb

• 1Come nearer to someone being pursued.

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  • ‘the police were closing in on them’

  1. 1.1(of weather) become bad in such a way as to hinder movement or vision.
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     • ‘the weather has now closed in so an attempt on the summit is unlikely’
  2. 1.2(of days) get successively shorter with the approach of the winter solstice.
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     • ‘November was closing in’