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box up

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box someone up

to confine someone in a small area. Please don't box me up in that little office. The boss boxed up Fred in a tiny office. Why the president boxes himself up in such a little office is beyond me.

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box something up

to place something in a box. Please box the books up and put them into the trunk of the car. Please box up four of these for me.

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