box in
phrasal verb
boxed in; boxing in; boxes in
: to surround (someone or something) and make movement difficult
The other bicyclists boxed her in and she couldn't move ahead.
—usually used as (be) boxed inWe were boxed in and couldn't get out of our parking space.
—sometimes used figurativelyI feel boxed in by all these rules.
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He’s also accidentally stolen a giant gemstone owned by a Sicilian Mafia bigwig, however, and needs to retrieve it from his liason’s safety deposit box in the building’s vault or else.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Prior to that, the cookies increased in price from $4 to $5 a box in 2015.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
Airing Mondays and Tuesdays during primetime on ESPN and ESPN+, players will tee off from a real grass tee box in the ScreenZone hitting into a 53-foot-tall simulator screen.
—Michael Loré, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The day after that, the new mom caught the rat herself in a cardboard box in her kitchen.
—Jackie Delamatre, Curbed, 30 Dec. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Prior to that, the cookies increased in price from $4 to $5 a box in 2015.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
Airing Mondays and Tuesdays during primetime on ESPN and ESPN+, players will tee off from a real grass tee box in the ScreenZone hitting into a 53-foot-tall simulator screen.
—Michael Loré, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The day after that, the new mom caught the rat herself in a cardboard box in her kitchen.
—Jackie Delamatre, Curbed, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Box in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20in. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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