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Expression "Walls are closing in"



 
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Expression "Walls are closing in" #1 (permalink) Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:32 am   Expression "Walls are closing in"
 

What does that expression mean?
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Expression "Walls are closing in" #2 (permalink) Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:58 am   Expression "Walls are closing in"
 

Hard to tell precisely without context. Perhaps 'there are fewer and fewer options'.
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Expression "Walls are closing in" #3 (permalink) Mon Oct 05, 2009 21:23 pm   Expression "Walls are closing in"
 

^^Thanks MM. That's probably the definition I'm looking for.
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