wall in

phrasal verb

walled in; walling in; walls in

: to surround (something) with a wall or with something that is like a wall

The school grounds are walled in.

They walled the garden in with rows of thick shrubs.

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However, Trump broke through the blue wall in 2016 by narrowly defeating Hillary Clinton by roughly 10,000 votes in Michigan. —

Ashley Schwartz-Lavares, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024 Social Security is expected to hit a wall in 2033, at which time benefits could be cut to 79 cents on the dollar compared with today’s level. —

Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024 New areas for sponsorship include digital signage on the batter’s eye wall in center field, dugouts and behind the pitching mound. —

Megan Poinski, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 Betts ran towards the right field line and the corner wall in an attempt to catch a foul ball from Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres. —

Jill Martin, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wall in