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Forum: English Questions Apr 23rd, 2020, 02:06 am
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Posted By susan53
Re: to close in on

In the video, yes it's the same.

You can "zero in on" someone or something, meaning to focus/concentrate on, or investigate closely. So eg

1. In the Africa bombings manhunt both magazines ZERO IN...
Forum: English Questions Apr 11th, 2020, 04:39 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,724
Posted By susan53
Re: to close in on

I'm not completely sure what you mean here. It doesn't "refer to" anything. Was your question really "What does it mean?" ? If so, it means to adopt an attitude of potential suspicion or doubt...
Forum: English Questions Apr 7th, 2020, 04:40 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,724
Posted By susan53
Re: to close in on

"to interview" can be used for any question/answer conversation - eg a job interview; a TV news interview with a politician, an actor, someone involved in a news event; police questioning a witness...
Forum: English Questions Apr 1st, 2020, 11:41 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,724
Posted By susan53
Re: to close in on

OK - I've seen it and I'm afraid you gave confusing information about the text . The text ...based on the information we received from this informant. They had robbed Kelly, killed her that they had...
Forum: English Questions Mar 31st, 2020, 07:22 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,724
Posted By susan53
Re: to close in on

No idea if you can post the video - probably not if it's copyright, though if it's on the web you could link to it (please give the exact minutes/seconds of the extract) but

a) the meaning of "close...
Forum: English Questions Mar 29th, 2020, 03:53 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,724
Posted By susan53
Re: to close in on

The extract you've given isn't fully logical but I've interpreted it as best I can.

It could mean "getting closer to proving that they were the criminals" or "getting closer to finding them" In the...
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