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Phrase(s): cage someone or something in
1. Lit. to enclose someone or something in a cage. • We caged the monkey in, but it threw a fit. • We are going to have to cage in the dogs. 2. Fig. to confine someone or something. • Please don’t cage me in this tiny room! • The health authorities virtually caged in the quarantined population until they could all be tested.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs