brick in
Seal with masonry
To brick in is to enclose or seal with bricks, typically a doorway, window, or opening: They bricked in the old fireplace when they renovated.
The phrase often appears in passive constructions: The basement windows had been bricked in years ago.
Figuratively, to feel bricked in is to feel trapped or confined.
- wall inEnclose with construction
- walled inEnclosed by barriers
- block upSeal an opening
- entrapmentDefense against induced criminality
- boxed inConfined without options
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