shut sb/sth in (sth)

— Phrasal Verb with shut

/ʃʌt/ verb [I, T] (present participle shutting, past tense and past participle shut)

Definition

› to prevent someone or something from leaving a place by shutting a door or gate: We normally shut the dog in the kitchen when we go out.

(Definition of shut sb/sth in (sth) from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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