Thesaurus / shutting in
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synonyms for shutting in
- apprehend
- commit
- detain
- hold
- incarcerate
- jail
- lock up
- remand
- cage
- check
- circumscribe
- closet
- constrain
- curb
- ice
- immure
- impound
- intern
- keep
- limit
- nab
- occlude
- pen
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- stockade
- trammel
- bastille
- bottle up
- fence in
- hold captive
- hold hostage
- hold in custody
- keep captive
- keep in custody
- lock in
- put away
- put behind bars
- rail in
- send to prison
- send up
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- take prisoner
- curb
- decrease
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- bind
- bound
- chain
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- handicap
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- moderate
- modify
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- shrink
- surround
- temper
- tether
- tie
- bottle up
- come down on
- cool down
- demark
- hang up
- hem in
- hold back
- hold down
- keep within bounds
- keep within limits
- pin down
- prelimit
- put away
- put on ice
- send up
- shut in
- besiege
- circle
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- inundate
- ring
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- beset
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- border
- bound
- circumscribe
- circumvent
- compass
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- edge
- enclave
- encompass
- environ
- fringe
- gird
- girdle
- invest
- limit
- loop
- margin
- outline
- rim
- round
- skirt
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- box in
- close around
- close in
- close in on
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- go around
- lay siege to
- shut in
- beleaguer
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- trap
- assail
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- environ
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- come at from all sides
- lay siege to
- shut in
- work on
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- suppress
- box up
- bring to naught
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- cork
- corner
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- hold in
- keep back
- keep feeling inside oneself
- keep secret
- restrain
- restrict
- shut in
- trap
- coop up
- confine
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- envelop
- hem
- immure
- impound
- imprison
- incarcerate
- jail
- mew
- pen
- restrain
- close in
- fence in
- lock up
- shut in
- shut up
- blockade
- bound
- cage
- circle
- circumscribe
- confine
- coop
- corral
- cover
- encase
- encircle
- encompass
- enfold
- enshroud
- environ
- fence
- hedge
- imbue
- immure
- implant
- impound
- imprison
- include
- induct
- insert
- intern
- jail
- limit
- pen
- restrict
- veil
- wall
- wrap
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- box up
- close in
- fence off
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- lock in
- lock up
- mure
- set apart
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- shut up
- wall in
- cage
- corral
- intern
- keep
- pen
- trap
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- detain
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- fence in
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- hold captive
- hold prisoner
- impound
- imprison
- incarcerate
- lock up
- put under lock and key
- shut in
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- encase
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- encompass
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- insert
- wrap
- blockade
- bound
- cage
- circle
- circumscribe
- confine
- corral
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- enfold
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- environ
- fence
- hedge
- imbue
- immure
- implant
- impound
- imprison
- include
- induct
- intern
- jail
- limit
- mew
- pen
- restrict
- veil
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- coop
- fence off
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- lock up
- mure
- set apart
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- wall in
- coerce
- deprive
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- imprison
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- capture
- chain
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- jail
- reduce
- restrain
- restrict
- secure
- subdue
- subject
- tether
- tie
- yoke
- get hooks into
- keep under thumb
- put in irons
- shut in
- blanket
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- encircle
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- swaddle
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- wrap
- cage
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- fence
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- pen
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- veil
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- shut in
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- begird
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- border
- bound
- cage
- circle
- circumscribe
- close in
- confine
- corral
- define
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- fence
- fringe
- girdle
- hedge in
- immure
- margin
- pen
- rim
- ring
- round
- shut
- shut in
- skirt
- surround
- verge
antonyms for shutting in
MOST RELEVANT
- aid
- allow
- assist
- develop
- encourage
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- free
- grow
- help
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- lengthen
- raise
- let go
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- let go
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- permit
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- unfasten
- untie
- emancipate
- free
- let go
- release
- uncover
- unloose
- disregard
- exclude
- forget
- ignore
- lay bare
- let out
- open
- reveal
- set free
- let loose
- unwrap
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How to use shutting in in a sentence
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