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blocking the box

blocking the box is the present participle and gerund of block the box.

Meaning of block the box

Verb

block the box (third-person singular simple present blocks the box, present participle blocking the box, simple past and past participle blocked the box)

  1. To stop too far forward while waiting for the traffic light at an intersection, thereby obstructing cross-traffic.

Questions about blocking the box

What is blocking the box the present participle and gerund of?
Blocking the box is the present participle and gerund of block the box.

Words near blocking the box in the dictionary

  1. blocking courses
  2. blocking off
  3. blocking out
  4. blocking patent
  5. blocking patents
  6. blocking the box
  7. blocking unit
  8. blocking units
  9. blocking up
  10. blockings
  11. blockish

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