in a box
prep_phrase1
Idiomatic Under very restrictive limits or boundaries.
- By virtue of the sonnet's many complications, Shakespeare put himself in a box when writing poetry.
2
Euphemistic, Idiomatic Dead.
in-a-box
adjalso spelled in-a-box1
Often, Postpositional Packaged simply and conveniently.
- Related terms
- in a box