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

Voters should instead use drop boxes at North Spokane Library, Shadle Park Library or any of the other 24 ballot drop boxes in Spokane County instead, county officials said. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Plenty of my friends worked there loading clays; nothing like working in a box in the middle of August, with the sun beating down on a barren landscape, just make gas money and some Friday night jingle. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

The ballot must be returned to the voter’s town clerk by using the United States Postal Service, in person at the town clerk’s office or in a drop box in their town. — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

The Viennese set designer Oskar Strnad saw traditional theaters as agents of social stratification with the imperial box in the center, the bourgeoisie in the parquet, and the hoi polloi in the nosebleed balcony. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026

Rhymes for box in

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