Boxed

  • 11boxed up — 1. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. □ I am way boxed, and I feel sick. □ She got boxed up on gin. 2. mod. in jail. □ I did it, and I was boxed for a long time for it. Now lay off! □ …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 12Boxed — Box Box, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boxed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Boxing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To inclose in a box. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with boxes, as a wheel. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to… …

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  • 13boxed — adjective /bɒkst,ˈbɑːkst/ a) Packed into a box or boxes. The books are boxed, ready for shipping. b) In bridge and other card games if the cards in a pack are reversed face up and face down then the pack is said to be boxed. Syn: boxed up,… …

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  • 14boxed-up — adj 1. British comfortable, content. This vogue term of the early 1990s probably derives from the notion of a homeless person comfortably accommodated in a squat or a basher, etc., but was generalised to refer to any state of contentment. Made up …

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  • 15boxed — [[t]bɒ̱kst[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A boxed set or collection of things is sold in a box. → See also box ... a boxed set of six cups and saucers... This boxed collection captures 64 of the greatest modern love songs …

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  • 16Boxed In — Infobox Television episode Title = Boxed In Series = Prison Break Caption = Michael trying to block out the sun from within his solitary confinement cage. Season = 3 Episode = 9 Airdate = January 14, 2008 Production = 3AKJ09 Writer = Karyn Usher… …

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  • 17boxed — mod. dead; died. □ My old dog is boxed. A car hit her. □ He’s boxed. There’s nothing that can be done …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 18boxed in — mod. in a bind; having few alternatives. □ I really feel boxed in around here. □ I got him boxed in. He’ll have to do it our way …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 19boxed — bordered or dered adj. having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term; as, black bordered handkerchief. Antonym of {unbordered}. [Narrower terms: {boxed}; {deckled, deckle edged, featheredged}; {lined};… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 20boxed — adj. Boxed is used with these nouns: ↑lunch, ↑set …

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