See box and lock on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From the directive to keep firearms in a box that is locked so that they are only available under considered circumstances and to authorized users.",
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"ref": "2000, Claud Anderson, PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America, page 25:",
"text": "Structural racism and its monopolies have \"boxed and locked” Black people.",
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{
"ref": "2006, Tim Gooding, The Emergence of Us, page 106:",
"text": "Eventually, the belief becomes boxed and locked away from general access.",
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{
"ref": "2016, Marquita Valentine, After We Fall: A Take the Fall Novel:",
"text": "There's no need for me to keep holding back from him, to keep that part of me boxed and locked up tight.",
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"ref": "2020, Becky Manawatu, Auē, page 188:",
"text": "No questions asked, shut the actual fuck up, box and lock.",
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