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move in on
  1. v. make intrusive advances towards

  2. seize control of

Usage examples of "move in on".

Or what if you had a competitor move in on your territory and take away a sizable hunk of your business.

Easing the pencil out from under the flap of shirt, he replaced the plastic over the body, and felt the first currents of discouragement move in on his thoughts.

If Leif wanted to move in on me with the ponderous deliberation of a brontosaurus plodding toward its mate, I could wait.

As the clouds began to move in on them, and the sun inched closer to the horizon, Rassendyll and Passepout pressed onward.

But it would have been impolite to move in on such an invite with his six-gun out.

The Bug battle-line was only beginning to move in on the warp point, and all of Waldeck's TF 51 had already made transit.

At the range, closely as the boats and barges had been spaced, waiting to move in on the merchantman, there was no way that any of the big guns could miss.

In fact, now that I think about it, I seem to recall hearing something about the mob trying to move in on the bazaar.

In fact, now that I think about it, Iseem to recall hearing something about the Mobtrying to move in on the Bazaar.

In fact, now that I think about it, I seem to recall hearing something about the Mob trying to move in on the Bazaar.