Definition of "closed in" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of close in. (verb)

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• "Sinky was purring loudly now, his tiny eyes closed in private passion."
• "I had seen that knife in the army and navy store a few blocks away on Smith Street, and he pointed it at me, just inches from my stomach, and the other boy closed in and drew out the same kind of knife."
• "There was a leper-hospital, closed in 1413 for lack of inmates."