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boxed up

boxed up is the simple past and past participle of box up.

Meaning of box up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To pack into boxes.
    Synonyms:
    box
  2. (transitive) To confine.
    • to be boxed up in narrow quarters
  3. (transitive) To shuffle (dice) so that the gamblers can choose from among them.
    • The book gets behind the money, the mechanic picks up the crap stick and starts boxing up the dice.1948, Thomas Louis Stix, "Say it Ain't So, Joe.", page 243

Questions about boxed up

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

Words near boxed up in the dictionary

  1. boxed someone's ears
  2. boxed standard
  3. boxed standards
  4. boxed the compass
  5. boxed the Jesuit
  6. boxed up
  7. boxel
  8. boxelder
  9. boxelders
  10. boxels
  11. boxen

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