get narrow
Frequency: 6.26.1 per million words
to change to a narrower state; often used in a more informal context
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- The pass gets extremely narrow at its eastern edge.
- The road will get very narrow as you approach the village.
- As the path got narrower, we had to walk in single file.
- My options began to get quite narrow after the last rejection.
- Her eyes got narrow with suspicion as he spoke.
- The river gets narrow just before the waterfall.
- His range of interests started to get narrow as he aged.
- The doorway might get too narrow to fit the new furniture.
- Their lead in the polls could get very narrow by election day.
- If you don't adjust the settings, the focus might get too narrow.