close in

close in
intransitive verb
[Nacht, Dunkelheit:] hereinbrechen; [Tage:] kürzer werden

close in [up]on somebody/something — (draw nearer) sich jemandem/etwas nähern; [draw around] jemanden/etwas umzingeln

* * *
close in
vi
1. (come near) aufrücken, immer näher kommen
to \close in in on sb/sth sich akk jdm/etw immer mehr nähern; (surround) jdn/etw umzingeln
to \close in in for the kill zum Todesstoß ansetzen; (fig) zum entscheidenden Schlag ausholen fig
2. (start) darkness hereinbrechen; (end) days kürzer werden
3. METEO
the weather has \close ind in es hat zugezogen
* * *
1. vi
(evening, winter) anbrechen; (night, darkness) hereinbrechen; (days) kürzer werden; (enemy etc) bedrohlich nahe kommen

the troops closed in around the enemy — die Truppen zogen sich um den Feind zusammen

to close in on sb (gang, individual etc) — jdm auf den Leib rücken

the walls were slowly closing in on him — die Wände kamen langsam auf ihn zu

the police are closing in on him — die Polizei zieht das Netz um ihn zu; (physically) die Polizisten umzingeln ihn

2. vt sep
umgeben, umfrieden (geh)
* * *
close in v/i
1. (on, upon)
a) sich heranarbeiten (an akk)
b) umzingeln (akk)
2. kürzer werden (Tage)
3. hereinbrechen (Dunkelheit, Nacht)
* * *
intransitive verb
[Nacht, Dunkelheit:] hereinbrechen; [Tage:] kürzer werden

close in [up]on somebody/something — (draw nearer) sich jemandem/etwas nähern; [draw around] jemanden/etwas umzingeln

* * *
v.
jemandem dicht auf den Fersen sein ausdr.
kürzer werden (Tage) ausdr.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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