Box and Mire

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Box noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.

Usage example: with our new home still unfinished, and the buyers of our condo eager to move in, we were in a real box

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Mire and box are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mire" instead a noun "Box".

Nearby Word: boxed

Mire noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.

Usage example: an abused wife who was hopelessly stuck in a mire of emotional dependency

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Box and mire are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead a noun "Mire".

Nearby Words: miry, mired, miring

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