box in

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 in

We were boxed in and couldn't get out of our parking space.

—sometimes used figuratively

I feel boxed in by all these rules.

Examples of box in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Like many of the pioneers who would go on to inspire the genre, Hysterical Love Project are resistant to being boxed in as trip-hop at all. — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026

Years after the station shut down, Carpenter was amazed to find out that one of the station’s DJs had boxes of videos of the station in a box in his garage. — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026

Weekdays and Saturdays at noon, though, people march to and from their cars with bento boxes in hand as well as grocery bags. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

My biggest thing was to escape being put in a box in the ghetto, playing violent bad guys. — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for box in

• coxon
• oxen
• tocsin
• toxin
• aflatoxin
• antitoxin
• digitoxin
• endotoxin
• exotoxin
• ferredoxin
• mycotoxin
• neurotoxin