Close in
Close in verb - To come near or nearer.
Wall
Wall verb - Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Go for the Eye: Taking the path through the window in the first stage will lead you to room whose wall with a giant, staring eye begins to close in on you.
Source: Video Game / Evil Night -
He also tells Deathstalker that he's arranged a pressing engagement for him... just before the Advancing Wall of Doom starts to close in.
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Arguably the only two well-known hacks that don't are Metroid Legacy and Golden Dawn, and even Golden Dawn probably comes close in a couple of places (if you can't wall jump, you won't even be able to get past the opening segment).
Source: Platform Hell
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