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box out

box out verb: to position oneself between an opposition player and the basket in anticipation of getting a rebound.

Verb

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

  1. To position oneself between an opposition player and the basket in anticipation of getting a rebound.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To arrange a situation so as to exclude (someone).

Forms of box out

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

Questions about box out

What does box out mean?
Box out means to position oneself between an opposition player and the basket in anticipation of getting a rebound.
What part of speech is box out?
Box out is a verb.
What is the past tense of box out?
The past tense of box out is boxed out.

Words near box out in the dictionary

  1. box office
  2. box offices
  3. box oneself into a corner
  4. box operator
  5. box operators
  6. box out
  7. box party
  8. box plan
  9. box plans
  10. box pleat
  11. box pleats

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