Antonyms for box up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : boks

Phonetic Transcription : bɒks

Definition of box up

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 restrain : verb keep under control; hold back
As in bottle up : verb hold in check
As in mew : verb enclose
As in cramp : verb hinder, restrain
As in enclose : verb put inside, surround

Example sentences :

“Take the box up to my room,” said the lady to a boy who appeared at this moment.
Extract from : « My Friend Smith » by Talbot Baines Reed

Now, come up to your room, sweetheart, and Bob'll bring your box up.
Extract from : « A Lost Cause » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

They carried the box up to the tent and locked it up in the big chest.
Extract from : « The Rival Campers » by Ruel Perley Smith

Put on your veil and gloves and hoist the box up into the tree.
Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work » by Mary Rogers Miller

"I don't know—look in that box up there," pointing to the top shelf.
Extract from : « Juggernaut » by George Cary Eggleston

Until I yield that box up to him I am safe, since he can only get it from me.
Extract from : « Mr. Marx's Secret » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Kazu dropped to his knees and held our box up so that we might also see.
Extract from : « The Image and the Likeness » by John Scott Campbell

They've managed to get your box up all right, and I expect you'll be wanting to unpack.
Extract from : « The War-Workers » by E.M. Delafield

Now go for a walk while I box up the last case of specimens.
Extract from : « Bee and Butterfly » by Lucy Foster Madison

Bunny raised the box up again, and held it there with the stick.
Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While » by Laura Lee Hope

Synonyms for box up

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