shutting in
Keeping something inside
Shutting in is the act of confining or enclosing.
You might shut in a pet to keep it from escaping, or feel shut in by walls or circumstances: The fog was shutting in around us.
In oil and gas production, shutting in a well means temporarily stopping its flow, often for maintenance or market conditions.
- restrictingPlacing limits upon
- confiningLimiting freedom of movement
- keeping inRetaining within bounds
- enclosingContaining within boundaries
- limitingPlacing restrictions upon
locking · locking up · quarantining · staying home · alienation · blockade · sealing · walling off · damming · withdrawal · loneliness · turning inward · insulation · trapping · obscuring · embargoing · solitude · imprisonment
shutting inletting out
Allowing to escape
releasing · freeing · opening up · setting free · liberating
shutting inopening up
Becoming less guarded
reaching out · letting in · welcoming · embracing · including
shutting inopening up
Becoming less guarded
flowing · producing · activating · releasing · bringing in
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