box up

VERB
  1. enclose or confine as if in a box
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How To Use box up In A Sentence

  • I praised his courage, because it's not easy to carry the heavy icebox up to the top of mountain.
  • I hate such curious -- odso, I must take this box up into his bed-room -- he charged me to see to it myself -- I hate such inquisitive -- I wonder what is in it, it feels heavy (_Reads_) "Leases, title deeds, wills. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays
  • Reggie watched a footman hand another bandbox up to the Ashford coachman. ON A WICKED DAWN
  • Don't jerk the box up, pull it up smoothly.
  • Box up and stow away any overspill of ornaments and act like an obsessively tidy person, neatly fold and put away until you've exchanged contracts.
  • Turn box upside down and tap lightly on the bowl to remove excess chocolate.
  • Tip the box up and empty it.
  • If the van is going to be valet parked for us, we can swivel that box upside down to drop all the coins in our hand and put them in a pocket. How do I deter the bottle brigade? What have you done?
  • I arrived to find the First Minister on his knees shredding box upon box of documents.
  • If you haven't attracted bluebirds or tree swallows by late spring, close your box up or take it down, but do not let English sparrows, vicious predators, take over any box.
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