| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | close in on | брать в кольцо (gradually surround, especially with the effect of hindering movement or vision 4uzhoj) |
| Игорь Миг | close in on | взять в окружение (Soldiers, close in on the crowd) |
| gen. | close in on | нагонять (come nearer to someone being pursued: "the police were closing in on them" (Oxford Dictionary) • As a member of the US Coast Guard, he was stationed between Hawaii and Japan during July-August 1969. On a deck watch on the ship bridge, he was alerted that targets were closing in on the ship, flying in formation at a staggering 3,500 mph (picked up on radar). They saw three bright white objects that flew above the vessel and then disappeared over the horizon.  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | close in on | сокращать расстояние (come nearer to someone being pursued: "the police were closing in on them" (Oxford Dictionary) • As a member of the US Coast Guard, he was stationed between Hawaii and Japan during July-August 1969. On a deck watch on the ship bridge, he was alerted that targets were closing in on the ship, flying in formation at a staggering 3,500 mph (picked up on radar). They saw three bright white objects that flew above the vessel and then disappeared over the horizon. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| Игорь Миг | close in on | подступить к |
| gen. | close in on | приближаться к (As the time closed in on 5 p.m., I was getting nervous. Wakeful dormouse) |
| police | close in on | выйти на (In early 2005, Virginia police closed in on a suspected child abuser – a man in his 40s who cops say drove four hours to meet a 13-year-old girl he'd met on the Internet. VLZ_58) |
| Игорь Миг | close in on | подбираться к |
| Игорь Миг | close in on | направляться в сторону (кого-либо) |
| Игорь Миг | close in on | смыкать кольцо вокруг |
| Игорь Миг | close in on | смыкаться вокруг |
| police | close in on | выходить на (VLZ_58) |
| Игорь Миг | close in on | подступать к |
| Игорь Миг | close in on | сомкнуться вокруг (The forest will close in on you.) |
| Игорь Миг | close in on | подходить к |
| Игорь Миг | close in on | идти по направлению к (When evildoers close in on me to devour me – Hold it, Muncelle!) |
| gen. | close in on | навалиться (на кого-либо scherfas) |
| police | close in on | приблизиться, отрезав пути отхода (The police closed in on the sniper. Val_Ships) |
| Игорь Миг | close in on | брать в окружение |
| gen. | close in on | настигать (come nearer to someone being pursued: "the police were closing in on them" (Oxford Dictionary) • As a member of the US Coast Guard, he was stationed between Hawaii and Japan during July-August 1969. On a deck watch on the ship bridge, he was alerted that targets were closing in on the ship, flying in formation at a staggering 3,500 mph (picked up on radar). They saw three bright white objects that flew above the vessel and then disappeared over the horizon. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | close in on | догонять (come nearer to someone being pursued: "the police were closing in on them" (Oxford Dictionary) • As a member of the US Coast Guard, he was stationed between Hawaii and Japan during July-August 1969. On a deck watch on the ship bridge, he was alerted that targets were closing in on the ship, flying in formation at a staggering 3,500 mph (picked up on radar). They saw three bright white objects that flew above the vessel and then disappeared over the horizon. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| Игорь Миг | close in on | окружать |
| Makarov. | close in on | сомкнуть вокруг |
| chess.term. | close in on a leader | теснить лидера |
| phys. | close in on oneself | замыкаться на себя (о пространстве Technical) |
| mil. | close in on the target | сближаться с целью |