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[in one's
shell] or [into one's shell] {adv.} or {adj. phr.},{informal} In or into
bashfulness; into silence; not sociable;unfriendly.
After Mary's mother
scolded her, she went into hershell.
The teacher tried to get Rose to talk
to her, but shestayed in her shell.
Contrast: OUT OF ONE'S
SHELL.
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