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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On this transition bucket, Siakam boxed in Lopez, pulling off a strategy the Pacers have successfully used during the last few seasons to juice their transition attack.
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Eric Nehm, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Terry Leather, The Bank Job The Bank Job — about the 1971 robbery of the contents of hundreds of safe deposit boxes in a London bank, including one that supposedly contained, ahem, compromising photos of Princess Margaret — is loosely based on a true story.
—Rebecca Pahle, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
At the Rancho Cordova Main Post Office, three of 97 arrow keys were missing or could not be verified, leaving mail boxes in one zip code at risk.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Exploring how doctors became a standard feature in the witness box in Scotland, Couzens tracks the process through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 18 Mar. 2025
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Eric Nehm, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Terry Leather, The Bank Job The Bank Job — about the 1971 robbery of the contents of hundreds of safe deposit boxes in a London bank, including one that supposedly contained, ahem, compromising photos of Princess Margaret — is loosely based on a true story.
—Rebecca Pahle, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
At the Rancho Cordova Main Post Office, three of 97 arrow keys were missing or could not be verified, leaving mail boxes in one zip code at risk.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Exploring how doctors became a standard feature in the witness box in Scotland, Couzens tracks the process through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Box in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20in. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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