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go home in a box

Sl. to be shipped home dead. (Often said in exaggeration.) Hey, I'm too young to go home in a box. You had better be careful on this camping trip, or you'll go home in a box.

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go home in a box

in. to be shipped home dead. You had better be careful on this camping trip, or you’ll go home in a box.

See also: box, home