zoom in
Britishverb
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(intr, adverb) photog films television to increase rapidly the magnification of the image of a distant object by means of a zoom lens
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to examine the smallest details of a subject
Example Sentences
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As he yelled, the camera zoomed in on the hand of his daughter's fiancé, the wheelchair-bound billionaire and the male lead.
From BBC
The cameras zoom in on small figures of soldiers moving around the ruins, with the controllers directing the men on the ground through walkie-talkies, callsigns and headsets.
From BBC
Unlike memorable judging furors from the 1990s and 2000s, this time there was social media for angry fans to dissect videos and zoom in on every potential misstep.
I zoom in further and point out the red rectangle.
From Literature
It zoomed in until they had an address.
From Literature
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