walled in
Trapped by barriers
Walled in describes being enclosed or confined by walls, either literally or figuratively.
A walled-in garden is surrounded by physical barriers.
More often the phrase suggests emotional or psychological confinement: She felt walled in by her responsibilities.
To be walled in is to have limited options or freedom of movement.
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
- trappedUnable to escape
- confinedKept within bounds
- hemmed inEnclosed with no escape
- cagedConfined by bars
backed into a corner · imprisoned · boxed in · closed in · claustrophobic · suffocating · fortress · barrier · bricks · stone · closed off · isolated · cut off · surrounded · penned · cornered · sealed · blocked
- expressions about containmentboxed in, bottled up, hemmed in, penned in, locked in
walled infree
Without payment or restriction
liberated · free to leave · unconfined · unrestricted · at liberty
walled infree
Without payment or restriction
liberated · unconstrained · untrapped · expansive · unburdened
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