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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The Tigers got within 6-3 when Dillon Dingler hit a two-run home run that deflected off the glove of a leaping Robert near the center-field wall in the seventh.
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Female students painted American flags on the studio walls in protest.
—Anne Halsey, JSTOR Daily, 6 Aug. 2025
On a wall in Dellinger’s living room is a photo of the field in the 1980 Olympic Trials 5,000 final running single file around Hayward Field’s north turn.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
The Sphere team, with the aid of Warner Bros., found props and set designs from the original movie so objects such as photos on the wall in Professor Marvel’s caravan could be generated onto the screen.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 27 July 2025
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Female students painted American flags on the studio walls in protest.
—Anne Halsey, JSTOR Daily, 6 Aug. 2025
On a wall in Dellinger’s living room is a photo of the field in the 1980 Olympic Trials 5,000 final running single file around Hayward Field’s north turn.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
The Sphere team, with the aid of Warner Bros., found props and set designs from the original movie so objects such as photos on the wall in Professor Marvel’s caravan could be generated onto the screen.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 27 July 2025
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“Wall in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20in. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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