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boxing and locking

boxing and locking is the present participle and gerund 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 boxing and locking

What is boxing and locking the present participle and gerund of?
Boxing and locking is the present participle and gerund of box and lock.

Words near boxing and locking in the dictionary

  1. boxiest
  2. boxily
  3. boxiness
  4. boxing
  5. boxing and coxing
  6. boxing and locking
  7. boxing bag
  8. boxing bags
  9. boxing clever
  10. boxing day
  11. boxing days

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