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His mother threatened to box his ears if he misbehaved again.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
box someone's ears — box (someone s) ears old fashioned to hit someone, usually as a punishment. I ll box your ears, young man, if you come home late again! … New idioms dictionary
box someone's ears — ► box someone s ears slap someone on the side of the head. Main Entry: ↑box … English terms dictionary
box someone's ears — slap someone on the side of the head. → boxed … English new terms dictionary
box someone's ears — informal old fashioned to hit someone on the side of the head, as a punishment … English dictionary
box — Ⅰ. box [1] ► NOUN 1) a container with a flat base and sides and a lid. 2) an area enclosed within straight lines on a page or computer screen. 3) an enclosed area reserved for a group of people in a theatre or sports ground, or for witnesses or… … English terms dictionary
box ears — box (someone s) ears old fashioned to hit someone, usually as a punishment. I ll box your ears, young man, if you come home late again! … New idioms dictionary
box — box1 noun 1》 a container with a flat base and sides and a lid. ↘(the box) informal, chiefly Brit. television. 2》 an area enclosed within straight lines on a page or computer screen, to be filled in with or containing information. 3》 (the box) … English new terms dictionary
box — box1 [ baks ] noun *** ▸ 1 container ▸ 2 space for writing in ▸ 3 in theater ▸ 4 area of sports ground ▸ 5 address ▸ 6 tree with shiny leaves ▸ 7 for a dead body ▸ 8 telephone box ▸ 9 used by men in sports ▸ 10 television ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
box — [[t]bɒ̱ks[/t]] ♦♦ boxes, boxing, boxed 1) N COUNT A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids. He reached into the cardboard box beside him... They sat on wooden boxes. ...the box of tissues on her… … English dictionary
box — I UK [bɒks] / US [bɑks] noun Word forms box : singular box plural boxes *** 1) a) [countable] a container with straight sides, a flat base, and sometimes a lid a stack of cardboard boxes Read the instructions before taking it out of its box. b)… … English dictionary
