"box up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: boxes up [present, singular, third-person], boxing up [participle, present], boxed up [participle, past], boxed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} box up (third-person singular simple present boxes up, present participle boxing up, simple past and past participle boxed up)
  1. (transitive) To pack into boxes. Tags: transitive Synonyms (pack into boxes): box
    Sense id: en-box_up-en-verb-EsXygUlG Disambiguation of 'pack into boxes': 96 2 2
  2. (transitive) To confine. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-box_up-en-verb-Z4ePNZgl
  3. (transitive, gambling) To shuffle (dice) so that the gamblers can choose from among them. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Gambling
    Sense id: en-box_up-en-verb-ujYovoKK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 11 75 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 18 18 64 Topics: gambling, games

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for box up meaning in English (2.5kB)

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        "To pack into boxes."
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        "(transitive) To pack into boxes."
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          "ref": "1948, Thomas Louis Stix, \"Say it Ain't So, Joe.\", page 243",
          "text": "The book gets behind the money, the mechanic picks up the crap stick and starts boxing up the dice.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1980, John Scarne, Scarne on Dice, page 275",
          "text": "He made no attempt to rip the die back out again, but simply left it in the game and when the dice were boxed up it went into the bowl and was lost […]",
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        "To pack into boxes."
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        "(transitive) To pack into boxes."
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      "sense": "pack into boxes",
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