"inside the box" meaning in English

See inside the box in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-inside the box.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=inside the box}} inside the box
  1. (idiomatic) Restricted by convention Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-inside_the_box-en-prep_phrase-EuJuVExD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for inside the box meaning in English (1.2kB)

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