sock in

Idioms  

1. Close down an airport or other facility due to thick fog or other weather conditions impeding visibility, as in The airport was socked in all morning and air traffic was at a standstill, or We finally got to the peak and were totally socked in—there was no view at all. The sock referred to here is probably a windsock, as decisions to close an airport are made in part on the basis of observations of wind-socks, which indicate wind direction. The expression was first recorded in 1944.

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sock in

The interview is described as a "new Sussex psychodrama" by the Daily Mail, which reads: "Oh, do put a sock in it Harry!"

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

But it also helps us understand why a crumpled sock in the middle of the living room or dirty dishes on the kitchen counter makes the exhausted woman in your life crash out.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

Here’s the first sock in the jaw: In order to pay off your card, you’d have to take almost $67,500 from your retirement account.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025

Hoping to alleviate the pain, I folded a sock in half and wrapped it around my ankle beneath the monitor strap.

From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023

I was sitting beside the pond with my sock in my hand and my shoe beside me, waiting for my foot to dry.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

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