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box idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with box, also see in a bind (box); on one's soapbox; pandora's box; stuff the ballot box.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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