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boxed and locked

boxed and locked is the simple past and past participle of box and lock.

Meaning of box and lock

Verb

box and lock (third-person singular simple present boxes and locks, present participle boxing and locking, simple past and past participle boxed and locked)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To suppress or hide (something) so that it is not readily available or capable of action.
    • Structural racism and its monopolies have "boxed and locked” Black people.2000, Claud Anderson, PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America, page 25
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see box, lock.

Questions about boxed and locked

What is boxed and locked the simple past and past participle of?
Boxed and locked is the simple past and past participle of box and lock.

Words near boxed and locked in the dictionary

  1. boxcutter
  2. boxcutters
  3. boxe
  4. boxed
  5. boxed and coxed
  6. boxed and locked
  7. boxed clever
  8. boxed ears
  9. boxed Harry
  10. boxed in
  11. boxed off

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