in a box

English

Prepositional phrase

in a box

  1. (idiomatic) Under very restrictive limits or boundaries.
    By virtue of the sonnet's many complications, Shakespeare put himself in a box when writing poetry.
  2. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Dead.
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