snowed in
idiom
1
: unable to leave a place because a lot of snow is falling or has fallen
They were snowed in for a week.
2
: blocked with snow
The road was snowed in.
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Up to 6 inches of snow was forecast Tuesday for northern Scotland, where some people have already been snowed in by previous falls.
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Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Watch Krampus on Peacock The Lodge A happy holiday turns cold when two children are snowed in during Christmas at a remote winter cabin with their soon-to-be stepmother (Riley Keough), whose visions of her cultist past trigger terrifying behavior for the trio in this 2019 horror thriller.
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
In the movie, David is a young heart patient that gets snowed in at a rural hospital.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Nov. 2025
During the last Presidential election, Jordan Klepper, one of the hosts of The Daily Show, was snowed in at Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin after a Trump rally.
—Peter White, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
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Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Watch Krampus on Peacock The Lodge A happy holiday turns cold when two children are snowed in during Christmas at a remote winter cabin with their soon-to-be stepmother (Riley Keough), whose visions of her cultist past trigger terrifying behavior for the trio in this 2019 horror thriller.
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
In the movie, David is a young heart patient that gets snowed in at a rural hospital.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Nov. 2025
During the last Presidential election, Jordan Klepper, one of the hosts of The Daily Show, was snowed in at Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin after a Trump rally.
—Peter White, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Snowed in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowed%20in. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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