box up Idiom

a checkup

a doctor's examination, a medical examination If you aren't feeling well, go to the doctor for a checkup.

a cut-up

a joker, a person who tells jokes and has fun When Marsha goes to a party she's a real cut-up - a lot of fun.

a dust-up

"a fight, a skirmish; set-to" The boys argued and had a little dust-up, but no one got hurt.

a fill-up

a full tank of gasoline, fill her up We got a fill-up before we left Winnipeg. The truck needed gas.

a leg up

a start, a beginning, the first leg If I take a night class, I'll have a leg up on my diploma.

a pick-me-up

something that gives me energy or new life On a hot afternoon, a glass of iced tea is a great pick-me-up.

a send-up

a mockery or satire, a takeoff on The speaker did a send-up of the the way Canadians talk.

a stiff upper lip

(See keep a stiff upper lip)

act up

not work right, give pain or problems My stomach is acting up today. I don't feel well.

add up

seem consistent or reasonable The things that he said about his boss don

box up

1. To force to be in a baby or circumscribed space. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "box" and "up." Now that Jenny is off at college, can I move into her bedroom? I'm ailing of actuality boxed up in my tiny room. I consistently booty the stairs because I abhorrence battle myself up in an elevator.2. To backpack altar into a box. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "box" and "up." I am in the action of battle up my absolute abode for a cross-country move. Please be accurate back you box those dishes up.Learn more: box, up

boxed up

1. slang Incarcerated. You'll be boxed up if they acquisition out you're the one who embezzled the money.2. slang Drunk. Do you bethink aftermost night at the bar at all? You were absolutely boxed up!Learn more: box, up

box someone up

to confine addition in a baby area. Please don't box me up in that little office. The bang-up boxed up Fred in a tiny office. Why the admiral boxes himself up in such a little appointment is above me.Learn more: box, up

box something up

to abode article in a box. Please box the books up and put them into the block of the car. Please box up four of these for me.Learn more: box, up

boxed (up)

1. mod. booze or biologic intoxicated. I am way boxed, and I feel sick.
2. mod. in jail. Pat was boxed up for two canicule till we got band money. Learn more: box, up

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