box someone in

tv. to put someone into a bind; to reduce the number of someone’s alternatives. (see also boxed in.) I don’t want to box you in, but you are running out of options.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Piroska	PEE-rosh-kaw	Hungarian
Cadfan	-	Welsh
Catherine	ka-tə-REEN (French), ka-TREEN (French), KATH-ə-rin (English), KATH-rin (English)	French, English
Eutychus	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Ulrika	ool-REE-kah	Swedish
Avis	AY-vis	English