encompass someone or something (with)in something
- encompass someone or something (with)in something
encompass someone or something (with)in something
to surround or include someone or something within the domain or span of something. •
We encompassed the group within our administrative area.
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They could not encompass our neighborhood in the new school district.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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