Hi everyone. I'd like to know what "pulling themselves into themselves" means in this context. Thank You
"It was starting to be a survival of the fittest and families pulling themselves into themselves and being concerned mostly with their immediate family as opposed to the whole group"
Actually that's defined right there in the same sentence. pulling themselves into themselves ~ being concerned mostly with their immediate family as opposed to the whole group ~ not reaching out to others; not associating with others; remaining apart from others CJ
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Actually that's defined right there in the same sentence.
pulling themselves into themselves ~ being concerned mostly with their immediate family as opposed to the whole group
~ not reaching out to others; not associating with others; remaining apart from others
CJ
I got it, but I still can't see how "pulling themselves into themselves" can mean "being concerned mostly with their immediate family"