close in
close
kloƊs
klows
in
ÉĒn
in
/klˈəʊs ˈÉĒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "close in"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to close in
[phrase form: close]
01

āϘāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to approach or surround someone or something, often in a way that is threatening or confining
to close in definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We had to pick up our pace as the storm clouds started to close in, threatening heavy rain.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§‡āϘāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϘāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of the duration of daylight) to gradually decreases as the winter solstice approaches
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Living in northern latitudes means experiencing the days closing in more drastically as the winter solstice nears.
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ āĻļā§€āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻ…āϝāĻŧāύāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤
03

āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of the sky) to get darker as the night approaches
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We watched as the day came to an end and the sky closed in, revealing the twinkling stars above.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ