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  1. 1when the days close in, they become gradually shorter during the autumn/fall
  2. 2if the weather closes in, it gets worse
  3. 3when the night closes in, it gets darker They huddled around the fire as the night closed in.

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to move nearer to somebody/something, especially in order to attack them The lions closed in on their prey.
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