Meaning

2 senses

  1. (slang, transitive)To place (a person) in a jail cell or a police van compartment.

  2. (transitive)To review (work) in the designated room for such reviews.

Origin

From sweat + box.

From sweat + box.

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Forms

sweatboxes, sweatboxing, sweatboxed, sweatboxed
Base formsweatbox · to sweatbox
3rd person singularsweatboxes
Present participlesweatboxing
Past simplesweatboxed
Past participlesweatboxed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysweatbox
he, she, itsweatboxes

Past simpleLesson

all personssweatboxed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sweatboxed
he, she, ithas sweatboxed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sweatbox

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
swearB1sweatB1sweaterA2sweatpantssweatshirtB1
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