If any trap closes on us, you'd not be able to do a thing about it.
But will he figure it out before the trap closes in on him?
Any reasonable man would have got out before the trap closed.
Kirk felt as though a trap had closed on him.
I knew then my trap was closing dead on target.
By the time they reached the street, the trap had closed.
They'd taken no more than a dozen steps beyond the door when the trap closed.
We'll need it, and them, again when our trap has closed.
Sometimes it felt as if a trap were closing in around them.
He suddenly had the feeling as if a trap was closing in upon him.