wall in

verb

walled in; walling in; walls in
Synonyms of wall innext
: 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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In his Dodger Stadium debut, De Paula singled and scored on a Teoscar Hernández single in the fifth, then roped a double to the wall in right-center an inning later, scoring Kyle Tucker to put the Dodgers ahead to stay. Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Lukes was 0 for 2 with a deep liner that Carter, the center fielder, ran down at the wall in right center. ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 Holtec plans to leave the support-of-excavation walls in place after construction rather than remove them. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026 There’s a five-man wall in front of him, with a draught excluder along the turf behind them, too. Beren Cross, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wall in

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“Wall in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20in. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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