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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A lot of these hackers find humans as the most vulnerable and easy way to hack the system, so enabling that human capital to be a robust wall in front of these attacks is important.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
After briefly making the catch, Callihan crashed into the wall in foul territory along the left-field line.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
El Camino Fundamental High School officials launched an investigation after racial and anti-Semitic slurs were discovered scrawled on restroom walls in two separate incidents last week, the school’s principal said in a letter to families Tuesday.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2025
Disaster recovery efforts say an escalation in home prices is common after fires and hurricanes, as many families hit a wall in the rebuilding process and sell to developers and wealthier families who build more expensive homes.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
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Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
After briefly making the catch, Callihan crashed into the wall in foul territory along the left-field line.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
El Camino Fundamental High School officials launched an investigation after racial and anti-Semitic slurs were discovered scrawled on restroom walls in two separate incidents last week, the school’s principal said in a letter to families Tuesday.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2025
Disaster recovery efforts say an escalation in home prices is common after fires and hurricanes, as many families hit a wall in the rebuilding process and sell to developers and wealthier families who build more expensive homes.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
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“Wall in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20in. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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