box up



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.
See also: box, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BeaBEEEnglish
Adelinaah-de-LEE-nah (Italian), ah-dhe-LEE-nah (Spanish)Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, German, Bulgarian, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Arslan-Turkish, Turkmen
Jessica['dʒesikə]
Achab-Biblical Latin
Aristaeusar-is-TEE-əs (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized)