Box
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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Synonyms for Box
Nearby Word: boxed
Strait
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Strait and Box. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/box/strait
Box & Strait. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/box/strait>.
Strait or Box. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/box/strait.
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