Usually means: Approach to surround or converge.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word close in:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. close-in, close in: Merriam-Webster
  2. close-in, close in (on), close in (on): Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. close in: Collins English Dictionary
  4. close in: Vocabulary.com
  5. Close-in, close-in: Wordnik
  6. close in: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. close in: Wiktionary
  8. close-in: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. close-in, close in: Dictionary.com
  10. close in: Rhymezone
  11. close in: FreeDictionary.org
  12. close in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. close in: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. close in: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. close in: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. close in: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. close in: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (close in)

verb:  (transitive) To enclose, lock up inside something.
verb:  (intransitive) To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued.

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