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| close up (to refuse to talk about your true feelings or thoughts: Why do you close up every time I mention your father? Bullfinch) ; crawl into one's shell (Bullfinch); retire into one's shell; go into shell; retire into shell; shrink into oneself; draw into one's shell (Anglophile); keep oneself to oneself (Anglophile); become reserved; escape; shrink | |||
| turn inward; shut off oneself from the world; retire into oneself; retreat into oneself; withdraw into one's shell; withdraw into oneself; zone out; close oneself off | |||
| enclose; encapsulate | |||
| clam up (Val_Ships); close down (I wanted to talk to her but she just closed down. Abysslooker) | |||
| draw into one's shell; shrink into onesel | |||
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| withdrawn (Because of his hearing loss, he was withdrawn and shy. ART Vancouver) | |||