wall in
Brick someone in
To wall in is to enclose or surround with walls, literally or figuratively.
A garden may be walled in for privacy; a person may feel walled in by circumstances or obligations.
The new construction walled in what used to be an open courtyard.
She felt walled in by her responsibilities.
- confineRestrict to boundaries
- immureEnclose within walls
- entombSeal in a sepulcher
- encloseShut in on all sides
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
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