to limit someone’s freedom to choose what to do
to surround a person or vehicle, so that they cannot move or leave a place
I was boxed in until the other driver came back.
If they promise big tax cuts, they could be boxing themselves in.
You will be able to tell from the odor wafting from his box in my bathroom.
boxes in
boxing in
boxed in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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