Meaning

2 senses

  1. To position oneself between an opposition player and the basket in anticipation of getting a rebound.

  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive)To arrange a situation so as to exclude (someone).

Examples

33 sentences

  1. These boxes are made out of plastic.

    Ці коробки зроблені з пластику. — deniko

    ruЭти коробки сделаны из пластика. — fjay69

    deDiese Schachteln sind aus Plastik. — Vortarulo

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  2. Tom carried the box out to the car.

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  3. Tom carried the boxes out to the truck.

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  4. Please carry these boxes out to the garage.

    ruВынеси, пожалуйста, эти коробки в гараж. — marafon

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  5. Tom sat on a box, looking out the window.

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Forms

boxes out, boxing out, boxed out, boxed out
Base formbox out · to box out
3rd person singularboxes out
Present participleboxing out
Past simpleboxed out
Past participleboxed out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybox out
he, she, itboxes out

Past simpleLesson

all personsboxed out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave boxed out
he, she, ithas boxed out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill box out

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bowtieboxA1boxerB2boyA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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