close in

Questions about close in

What does close in mean?

close in means "advance or converge on". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for close in?

Close synonyms include draw in, enclose, inclose, shut in. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is close in a common word?

close in is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.