Box and Wrestle

Box

Box verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.

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

Nearby Word: boxed

Wrestle verb - To seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery.

Usage example: the sisters wrestled on the floor over the last cookie

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Box and wrestle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead a verb "Wrestle".

Nearby Words: wrest, wrestled, wrestling, wresting, wrestler

way	box way	wrestle way
opponent	box opponent	wrestle opponent

As Jack, Ethel, and Wilfred wrestle with the temperamental doors of Parkin's van, Harry watches and laughs at them from his signal box.

Source: Series / Oh, Doctor Beeching!
Despite the rise of the NWA and UWA, however, a good deal of Mexican Lucha Libre is still governed by the same commission that handles boxing, though it is still a minor example since it used to be known as the wrestle y box, rather than the box y lucha libre.

Source: Early Installment Weirdness / Professional Wrestling
Workaholic: while learning to wrestle and starting his career in GCW, he worked at an ice cream shop, while wrestling full tme on the indies in the early 2000s he managed to get his bachelor's in business and marketing and worked as vice president of his uncle's mail box company.

Source: Wrestling / Evan Bourne aka: Matt Sydal

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