shut in

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shut in

verb shuts in · shutting in · shut in

transitive To confine. We need to shut the dog in so he doesn’t escape.
transitive To completely surround or enclose.
dated, intransitive To settle down, or fall; to arrive; (said of evening, etc.) Then there are the golden hues of twilight shadowed in the lake, and the light veil of mist drawing across the foliage of the valley as the evening shuts in upon it.
transitive To stop pumping oil from a site, ending production.

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@misc{shut_in_2026,
  title = {shut in},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shut%20in},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}