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.
Examples of box in in a Sentence
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In 2022, an armed militia watched ballot drop boxes in Arizona as part of a long-term voter intimidation plan.
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Worth Sparkman, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Just this week, ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington were set ablaze, while in Miami, a stash of sealed ballots fell out of an election worker's truck, stoking concern among voters.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
On one occasion, Shafer showed Duffey a video of someone putting envelopes in a ballot drop box in 2020.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Almost all the ballots set ablaze on Monday were in a drop box in Vancouver, Washington, while most ballots in a drop box in Portland, Oregon, survived a fire set the same day, election officials said.
—Amanda Musa, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Worth Sparkman, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Just this week, ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington were set ablaze, while in Miami, a stash of sealed ballots fell out of an election worker's truck, stoking concern among voters.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
On one occasion, Shafer showed Duffey a video of someone putting envelopes in a ballot drop box in 2020.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Almost all the ballots set ablaze on Monday were in a drop box in Vancouver, Washington, while most ballots in a drop box in Portland, Oregon, survived a fire set the same day, election officials said.
—Amanda Musa, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Box in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20in. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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