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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While you’re holed up in your new lodgings, enjoy a blissful soak under the rainfall showerhead or take in the view from the glass wall in the bedroom that offers an unobscured view during leaf-peeping season and beyond.
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Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2025
Wall dorsiflexion stretch Face a wall in a standing or kneeling lunge position with your front foot a few inches away.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The last caution came when Byron hit the wall in the final laps, erasing Hamlin’s comfortable lead with just three laps remaining around the one-mile Phoenix oval.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
The yellow lab had apparently scaled the backyard wall in an attempt to accompany her friend to the grocery store, and her disappearance left Feigenbaum heartbroken.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2025
Wall dorsiflexion stretch Face a wall in a standing or kneeling lunge position with your front foot a few inches away.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The last caution came when Byron hit the wall in the final laps, erasing Hamlin’s comfortable lead with just three laps remaining around the one-mile Phoenix oval.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
The yellow lab had apparently scaled the backyard wall in an attempt to accompany her friend to the grocery store, and her disappearance left Feigenbaum heartbroken.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Wall in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20in. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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