Box in and Loose

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Box in verb - To close or shut in by or as if by barriers.

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Loose is an antonym for box in in repress topic.

Loose verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.

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Box in is an antonym for loose.

Nearby Words: loosen, looseness, loosed, loosely

The man laughs at everybody and lets a mouse loose out of a box in his pocket, resulting in everybody present (even the big brave army men) running away from this single mouse in a panic as the short ends.

Source: Gainax Ending

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