Complete Definition of "close in on"

English
Verb
close in on
#idiom To enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.
#:Sometimes it feels like the walls are closing in on me.
#idiom To catch up with in a chase; to near the end of a pursuit.
#:The police closed in on the suspect.
#idiom To near a goal or completion.
#:I think we are closing in on the end of this project.

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