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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Move down the wall in a grid to catch any drips.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
Elise Holland was a wall in net for her first shutout.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
For much of the latter part of her life, Bardot lived alone behind high walls in Saint-Tropez, surrounded by a menagerie of cats, dogs and horses.
—Ingrid Melander, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
Bader and his crew took the structure down to just the necessary load-bearing walls in order to rebuild it in the correct style.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2025
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
Elise Holland was a wall in net for her first shutout.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
For much of the latter part of her life, Bardot lived alone behind high walls in Saint-Tropez, surrounded by a menagerie of cats, dogs and horses.
—Ingrid Melander, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
Bader and his crew took the structure down to just the necessary load-bearing walls in order to rebuild it in the correct style.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2025
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“Wall in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20in. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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