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.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
box someone's ears — box someone’s ears informal old fashioned phrase to hit someone on the side of the head, as a punishment Thesaurus: punishment of being hithyponym Main entry: box * * * slap someone on the side of the head as a punishment or in anger * * * box… … Useful english dictionary
box someone's ears — box (someone s) ears old fashioned to hit someone, usually as a punishment. I ll box your ears, young man, if you come home late again! … New idioms dictionary
box someone's ears — ► box someone s ears slap someone on the side of the head. Main Entry: ↑box … English terms dictionary
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. CD I want to box in the whole staff, so they’ll have to do it my way … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
box someone in — restrict someone s ability to move freely. → box … English new terms dictionary
box someone in — See box something in … Thesaurus of popular words
box someone's ears — slap someone on the side of the head. → boxed … English new terms dictionary
box someone's ears — informal old fashioned to hit someone on the side of the head, as a punishment … English dictionary
box — Ⅰ. box [1] ► NOUN 1) a container with a flat base and sides and a lid. 2) an area enclosed within straight lines on a page or computer screen. 3) an enclosed area reserved for a group of people in a theatre or sports ground, or for witnesses or… … English terms dictionary
box ears — box (someone s) ears old fashioned to hit someone, usually as a punishment. I ll box your ears, young man, if you come home late again! … New idioms dictionary
box something in — box someone in those two vans have boxed in my car Syn: hem in, fence in, close in, shut in; trap, confine, imprison, intern; surround, enclose, encircle, circle … Thesaurus of popular words
