box up

• Verbe à particule signifiant emballer ou placer des objets dans une boîte ou un conteneur, souvent pour le stockage ou le transport.

A phrasal verb meaning to pack or enclose items in a box or container, often for storage or transport.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Pack into a boxinformal

   To put items into a box or container for storage or transport.

   Mettre en boîte

   • We need to box up all the books before the move.
   • She boxed up her old clothes to donate.
   • He carefully boxed up the fragile ornaments.

   Synonymesbincrateencasepackpackage

   Antonymesunboxunpack

2. Confine or restrictinformal

   To restrict someone or something to a small space, often causing frustration.

   Confiner, enfermer

   • I feel boxed up in this tiny apartment.
   • The new rules boxed up our creativity.
   • Don't box yourself up with too many commitments.

   Synonymescageconfineconstraincoop uphem inimprisonpenrestrictshut intrap

Verbe de basebox