move in on sth/sb
— phrasal verb with move uk/muːv/us/muːv/verb
If you move in on a person or place, you come close or closer to them in order to attack or take control of them:
Government troops are moving in on the rebel stronghold.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- box sb/sth in
- dunk
- fence sth in
- fence sth off
- flood
- gather
- gift-wrap
- gift-wrapped
- steep
- surround
- swallow
- wound 1
- wrap
- wrap (sb) up
- wrap sth around sb/sth
- wrapped
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