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Definition of fence in phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

fence in

phrasal verb

Phrasal Verbs

[often passive]

1to surround someone or something with a fence The small patch of grass was fenced in.

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2to restrict someone's freedom synonym hem somebody/somethingin She felt fenced in by domestic routine.

See fence in in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary