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.
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The shoes featured a scalloped toe box in a pale pink hue, offset by gold slingback straps and slender matching heels.
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Saturday that additional special operations personnel would be deployed to Illinois after federal agents were rammed and boxed in by 10 cars.
—Alexandra Koch , Patrick McGovern, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Did Ed Gein put vulvas in a box in his house?
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Detectives from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office were investigating a homicide after a woman's body was discovered in a cardboard box in a remote desert area east of Kingman in northwestern Arizona.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Saturday that additional special operations personnel would be deployed to Illinois after federal agents were rammed and boxed in by 10 cars.
—Alexandra Koch , Patrick McGovern, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Did Ed Gein put vulvas in a box in his house?
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Detectives from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office were investigating a homicide after a woman's body was discovered in a cardboard box in a remote desert area east of Kingman in northwestern Arizona.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Box in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20in. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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