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 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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Alex Freeland ended the Dodgers’ homerless streak at six games with an opposite-field shot into the Crawford boxes in the second inning.
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026
Pierre told Capitol Beat in March that ICE agents had boxed in their car near their home in Loganville, Georgia, with both of their young children inside.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 May 2026
On April 12, Richard Andrew Hawthorne left the roadway on his motorcycle and collided with a utility box in Kansas City, Kansas.
—Eleanor Nash
may 3, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2026
However, those horses risk getting boxed in if others take the early lead and beat them to the inside of the track.
—Neil Greenberg, New York Times, 1 May 2026
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026
Pierre told Capitol Beat in March that ICE agents had boxed in their car near their home in Loganville, Georgia, with both of their young children inside.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 May 2026
On April 12, Richard Andrew Hawthorne left the roadway on his motorcycle and collided with a utility box in Kansas City, Kansas.
—Eleanor Nash
may 3, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2026
However, those horses risk getting boxed in if others take the early lead and beat them to the inside of the track.
—Neil Greenberg, New York Times, 1 May 2026
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“Box in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20in. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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