block in

verb

blocked in; blocking in; blocks in

: to put something in front of (someone or something) so that person or thing cannot move freely

My car is blocked in.

Security guards blocked me in. and I could not get close to the celebrity.

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That jailbreak method is currently blocked in over 99 percent of cases, Anthropic said. —

Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026 The executive order had been blocked in some lower courts and had yet to go into effect, but Trump’s restrictions ultimately will not come to pass. —

Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026 The order never took effect before being repeatedly blocked in court. —

Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Those state laws had been blocked in recent years after trans athletes in West Virginia and Idaho successfully sued to challenge them. —

Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for block in