Antonyms for box in
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : boks |
Phonetic Transcription : bÉ’ks |
- advance
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- be honest
- begin
- center
- clear
- continue
- discourage
- disenchant
- disentangle
- disgust
- dissuade
- encourage
- exclude
- expedite
- facilitate
- fail
- favor
- forward
- foster
- free
- further
- go
- go ahead
- help
- incite
- include
- indulge
- leave out
- let go
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- open
- permit
- promote
- push
- release
- repulse
- start
- support
- turn off
- unblock
- uncomplicate
- untangle
- untwist
Definition of box in
Origin :- Old English box "a wooden container," also the name of a type of shrub, from Late Latin buxis, from Greek pyxis "boxwood box," from pyxos "box tree," of uncertain origin. See OED entry for discussion. German Büchse also is a Latin loan word.
- Meaning "compartment at a theater" is from c.1600. Meaning "pigeon-hole at a post office" is from 1832. Meaning "television" is from 1950. Slang meaning "vulva" is attested 17c., according to "Dictionary of American Slang;" modern use seems to date from c.World War II, perhaps originally Australian, on notion of "box of tricks." Box office is 1786; in the figurative sense of "financial element of a performance" it is first recorded 1904. Box lunch (n.) attested from 1899. The box set, "multiple-album, CD or cassette issue of the work of an artist" is attested by 1955.
- As in prohibit : verb make impossible; stop
- As in surround : verb enclose, encircle something
- As in trap : verb catch, snare; trick
- As in curb : verb repress, restrict
- As in enmesh : verb involve in a situation
- As in entrap : verb capture, involve
- As in ambush : verb lie in wait; attack
- As in hinder : verb prevent, slow down
Synonyms for box in
- abstain
- allure
- ambuscade
- ambush
- arrest
- assail
- assault
- bag
- balk
- ban
- bar
- beguile
- beleaguer
- benet
- beset
- besiege
- bit
- block
- blockade
- border
- bottle up
- bottleneck
- bound
- box in
- bridle
- bring to screeching halt
- burden
- bushwhack
- catch
- check
- choke
- circle
- circumscribe
- circumvent
- clog
- close around
- close in
- close in on
- collar
- compass
- confine
- constrain
- contain
- contravene
- control
- cook
- cool
- cool down
- cool off
- cork
- corner
- corral
- counteract
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cripple
- curb
- debar
- deceive
- decoy
- delay
- deny
- deter
- disallow
- drag into
- draw in
- dry gulch
- dupe
- edge
- embroil
- enclave
- encompass
- encumber
- enjoin
- enmesh
- ensnare
- entangle
- entice
- entrammel
- entrap
- envelop
- environ
- fence in
- fetter
- fool
- forbid
- forfend
- freeze
- fringe
- frustrate
- get in the way
- gird
- girdle
- go around
- grab
- gridlock
- halt
- hamper
- hamstring
- handicap
- hang up
- hem in
- hide
- hinder
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- hold up
- hook
- ice
- impede
- implicate
- incriminate
- inhibit
- interdict
- interfere
- interrupt
- inundate
- inveigle
- invest
- jam up
- jap
- jump
- keep lid on
- keep tight rein on
- kill
- land
- lay a trap for
- lay for
- lay siege to
- lead on
- leash
- limit
- lock up
- loop
- louse up
- lure
- lurk
- make party to
- manacle
- margin
- moderate
- mousetrap
- muzzle
- nab
- nail
- net
- neutralize
- nix
- obstruct
- offset
- oppose
- outlaw
- outline
- overtake
- pass on
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- proscribe
- put a lock on
- put a stopper in
- put chill on
- put down
- put half nelson on
- reel in
- refrain
- rein in
- resist
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- rim
- ring
- rope in
- round
- rule out
- scrub
- seduce
- send up
- set trap
- set up
- shackle
- shut in
- shut out
- skirt
- snafu
- snag
- snare
- snarl
- spike
- stay
- stop
- stymie
- subdue
- suck in
- suppress
- surprise
- surround
- taboo
- take
- tame
- tangle
- tempt
- terminate
- throw cold water on
- thwart
- tie
- tie up
- trammel
- trap
- trick
- trip up
- verge
- veto
- wait
- waylay
- withhold
- zing
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