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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Coming off a heartbreaking 11-4 collapse against Creighton to open the NCAA Regionals here on Friday, KU played with its back to the wall in Saturday’s elimination game against underdog North Dakota State.
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Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2025
More than a week after 10 prisoners conducted a daring escape out a bathroom wall in a New Orleans jail, two inmates remain on the run, prompting an intensified search across state lines.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Brady gave the Rebels insurance in the top of the seventh with a 2-out, solo home run over the wall in left center.
—Ethan Westerman, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
The 42-year-old, breezes to victory in the 50 fly, touching the wall in 25.72 seconds to beat her record time of 25.84 seconds from the morning preliminaries.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
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Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2025
More than a week after 10 prisoners conducted a daring escape out a bathroom wall in a New Orleans jail, two inmates remain on the run, prompting an intensified search across state lines.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Brady gave the Rebels insurance in the top of the seventh with a 2-out, solo home run over the wall in left center.
—Ethan Westerman, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
The 42-year-old, breezes to victory in the 50 fly, touching the wall in 25.72 seconds to beat her record time of 25.84 seconds from the morning preliminaries.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
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“Wall in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20in. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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