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Definition of box verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    box

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//bɑks//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they box
     
     he / she / it boxes
     
     past simple boxed
     
     -ing form boxing
     
     
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    fight
  1. 1[intransitive, transitive] box (somebody) to fight someone in the sport of boxing
    2. put in container
  2. 2[transitive] box something (up) to put something in a box
    3. Idioms
    box somebody's ears (old-fashioned)
     
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    to hit someone with your hand on the side of their head as a punishment     Phrasal Verbsbox in
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