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Box in

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To enclose by drawing a box around. transitive

    "For running along the public roads the wheels and motion are completely boxed in; [...]."

  2. 2
    enclose or confine as if in a box wordnet
  3. 3
    To trap or immobilize something, usually a vehicle, by placing obstacles, usually other vehicles, around it to obstruct its free movement. transitive

    "Realizing he is now boxed in on all sides, Hipper decides the only remaining card he has to play is to sell his ships as dearly as possible. The remaining German ships make a hard turn southeast, and drive headlong at the Grand Fleet. It is a brave gesture, but only eight of the ships emerge from the pall of smoke that roughly marks the original German line of advance. Two more emerge minutes later, but that is all."

  4. 4
    To limit someone's freedom of thought, movement, expression, etc. figuratively, transitive

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