Case
Shut in
Shut in verb - Surround completely.
Both terms in one sentence
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He turns out to be a shriveled, almost-mummified 261-year-old Howard Hughes Expy sealed in an iron lung, who dies of multiple viral infections if you so much as open the case he's shut in.
Source: The Man Behind the Curtain -
In fact, the company is so confident in their new branch, they've given you a modern open-plan office with no doors to shut in case of an emergency.
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