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Kathy Cao
2020-07-17 10:07
Box clever British informal
- To act in a skillful cunning way to get the desired thing
He got the CEO chair because of his boxed clever.
In order to surpass your colleagues in the office, you need to box clever and act wisely.
You need to box clever in order to retake your girlfriend heart from her ex.
In this competition, the only way to win is to box clever than the rest of competitors.
actions are more important than words
Have barely enough time to do something; succeed in doing something by the thinnest of margins
Used to describe someone who is as talented as the most successful players, entertainers, etc.
1. a verb is used to indicate a thing, an object moving up and down quickly from a surface; rebound.
2. a verb is used to indicate a person jumping up and down repeatedly, especially with joy, happiness.
To do an activity that is extremely unsafe or dangerous, and could result in death.
You need to conjugate the verb 'box' according to the context of the sentence.
This phrase originated from boxing as in the following, from the account of a boxing match between Johnny Thompson and Rudolf Unholz, published in The Sporting Life (London, England) of Tuesday 20th December 1910:
"In the third [round] Rudie made the best showing of the contest. He boxed “clever,” and kept jabbing his left into Johnny’s face and switching again to the body."
Do you see anything wrong?
Used to allude that the last force, problem or burden which is seemingly minor and small causes a person, system or organisation to collapse or fail
Her husband's violent act last night was the straw that broke the donkey's back and she left him
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