block in
verb
blocked in; blocking in; blocks in
: to put something in front of (someone or something) so that person or thing cannot move freely
My car is blocked in.
Security guards blocked me in. and I could not get close to the celebrity.
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After his shooting, residents of his block in the Far Northwest Side’s Edison Park neighborhood, an enclave that houses many police officers and city workers, tied blue ribbons to trees.
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Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
There’s no such thing as writer’s block in the second person.
—Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
The Huskies added three blocks in the set and finally had some momentum.
—Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 8 May 2026
Rooms are housed in separate Key West style cottages and the sister hotel, Marquesa 414, is across the street and up half a block in a newer building.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
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Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
There’s no such thing as writer’s block in the second person.
—Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
The Huskies added three blocks in the set and finally had some momentum.
—Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 8 May 2026
Rooms are housed in separate Key West style cottages and the sister hotel, Marquesa 414, is across the street and up half a block in a newer building.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
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“Block in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/block%20in. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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