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zoom in

Phrasal Verb with zoom
 
 
/zuːm/ verb informal

Definition

to make something appear much closer and larger when using a camera or computer: The TV cameras zoomed in on her face.
(Definition of zoom in from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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