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box clever

box clever verb: to act wisely.

Verb

box clever (third-person singular simple present boxes clever, present participle boxing clever, simple past and past participle boxed clever)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To act wisely.

Forms of box clever

third-person singular presentboxes clever
present participleboxing clever
past participleboxed clever
pastboxed clever

Questions about box clever

What does box clever mean?
Box clever means to act wisely.
What part of speech is box clever?
Box clever is a verb.
What is the past tense of box clever?
The past tense of box clever is boxed clever.

Words near box clever in the dictionary

  1. box canyons
  2. box car
  3. box cars
  4. box checker
  5. box checkers
  6. box clever
  7. box coat
  8. box coats
  9. box crab
  10. box crabs
  11. box cutter

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