Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
closing in on
Spanish translation:
estaba a punto de descubrir algo
English term
closing in on
he was closing in on something
4 +1 | estaba a punto de descubrir algo |
Lydia De Jorge
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3 -1 | estaba dejando algo sin respuesta/sin solución |
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
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May 21, 2020 15:38: Lydia De Jorge changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2891704">jenny morenos's</a> old entry - "closing in on"" to ""estaba a punto de descubrir algo""
Feb 8, 2021 18:58: Rocío Tempone changed "Term Context" from "Hi 🎥 What\'s the translation of closing in on please ? thanks you very much 🎥 barak had left where they were but barack was coming back real soon 🎥 There was some kind of cycle going on, and when the born again wrote that there was some kind of cycle going on, she heard the word president 🎥 That cycle was the presidency where barack had been before them at other times 🎥 that could mean that barack had been president twice before 🎥 but they knew that this time, barack was closing in on something 🎥 they knew that barack would be after them 🎥 they didn\'t have much time 🎥 🎥 barak se había ido de donde ellos estaban pero barack estaba volviendo rete pronto 🎥 Había algún tipo de ciclo pasándose, y cuando la nacida de nuevo escribió que había algún tipo de ciclo pasándose, ella oyó la palabra presidente 🎥 Ese ciclo era la presidencia dónde barack se había encontrado ante ellos en otros tiempos 🎥 eso podría significar que barack había sido presidente dos veces antes 🎥 pero ellos sabían que esta vez, barack estaba pisando los talones 🎥 ellos sabían que barack estaría tras ellos, detrás de ellos ? los perseguiría ? 🎥 ellos no tenian mucho tiempo 🎥 barack was closing in on something barack estaba acercándose barack estaba pisando los talones barack estaba dando alcance barack estaba alcanzando" to "Hi 🎥 What\'s the translation of closing in on please ? thanks you very much he was closing in on something "
Proposed translations
estaba a punto de descubrir algo
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Note added at 1 day 11 hrs (2020-05-18 04:59:54 GMT)
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In this context, it means he was getting close to finding or discovering something.
thank you , didn't know closing in on meant that too, the dictionnaries aren't complete |
estaba dejando algo sin respuesta/sin solución
thank you so much, i have never heard closing in on before, real hard to translate |
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Taña Dalglish
: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/close in close in v. 3. To be about to occur (to make something known); be imminent: We had better hurry, the deadline is closing in.
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