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BOX UP
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enclose or confine as if in a box
Synonyms:
box in; box up
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "box up" is one way to...):
confine; enclose; hold in (close in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something