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box someone out
phrasal verb with boxverbuk /bɒks/ us /bɑːks/
in basketball, to move into a position in front of an opponent so that you have an advantage in trying to catch a ball that bounces back after a missed shot, and they cannot reach it:
The guy I was supposed to box out caught the rebound and scored.
informal
to prevent someone from getting something that they want:
All of the top jobs were taken, so I was boxed out.
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