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Meaning of in a box | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Under very restrictive limits or boundaries.
idiomatic
Dead.
euphemistic, idiomatic

Examples

“By virtue of the sonnet's many complications, Shakespeare put himself in a box when writing poetry.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

in a brace of shakes in a bubble in a cleft stick in a corner in a couple of shakes in a dither