zoom in on

Idioms  

1. Obtain a close up view of the subject with a camera, as in The TV people zoomed in on the Olympic gold medalist . [Mid-1900s]

2. Focus on, examine closely, as in The moderator got the panelists to zoom in on the health-care issue . [Second half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

Although Herbert popped to his feet and threw a touchdown pass on the next play, TV replays would later zoom in on his hand as he made his way to the sideline and the tip of his finger appeared to be bent in an unnatural way.

From Los Angeles Times

But independent filmmakers zoom in on the hardship.

From BBC

Zoom in on the sordid underbelly of Nixon and Kissinger’s crowning diplomatic achievement, “triangular diplomacy,” sold to America as a clever way to play China off Russia, Russia off China and both off North Vietnam, and thereby pull a Vietnam peace agreement out of a hat, but now exposed as the way Nixon and Kissinger secretly assured the Communists that they could go ahead and conquer South Vietnam without fear of American intervention as long as they held off for a “decent interval.”

From Salon

"We wanted to really show the damage -- to zoom in on exactly how pre- and post-synaptic terminals were being harmed," says Research Associate Elisa Nicoloso Simões-Pires.

From Science Daily

You then enter the address of your hotel and you can immediately zoom in on the street environment, study the hotel's façade and the height of the surrounding buildings.

From Science Daily