You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for June 14.

Cupcake Day

Today’s word is box, spelled b-o-x.

box /bɒks $ bɑːks/ verb

to fight someone in the sport of boxing

He used to box every weekend.

I've boxed (against) some of the best.

(also box up) [transitive] to put things in boxes

I boxed up some clothes and books to donate to charity.

Someone from the nursing home must have boxed up his clothes.

box somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb

to move so close to someone or something that the person or thing cannot move away

My car was boxed in (= blocked) by two other cars, and I couldn’t get out.

When I got back to my car, I found it had been boxed in by a truck.

to prevent someone from doing what they want to do

Married for only a year, Connie already felt boxed in.

She did not want to send her son to a school where he would be boxed in by so many rules and regulations.

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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