- box clever
- Verb. To act shrewdly or in a manner so as to outwit someone. Informal
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
box clever
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box clever — To act in a clever or cunning way • • • Main Entry: ↑box * * * box ˈclever idiom (BrE, informal) to act in a clever way to get what you want, sometimes tricking sb • … Useful english dictionary
box clever — (UK) If you box clever, you use your intelligence to get what you want, even if you have to cheat a bit … The small dictionary of idiomes
box clever — ► box clever Brit. informal act so as to outwit someone. Main Entry: ↑box … English terms dictionary
Box Clever — is a British electronic and domestic appliance rental chain created in 2000 by the merger of Radio Rentals and Granada Rentals. The company originally operated through high street stores, but it now only trades online from its head office in… … Wikipedia
box clever — British to behave in a clever and sometimes slightly dishonest way to try to achieve a result you want. Obviously he would have to box clever in the witness stand to avoid implicating himself … New idioms dictionary
box clever — (UK) If you box clever, you use your intelligence to get what you want, even if you have to cheat a bit. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Box clever — (UK) If you box clever, you use your intelligence to get what you want, even if you have to cheat a bit … Dictionary of English idioms
box clever Brit. — box clever Brit. informal outwit someone. → boxed … English new terms dictionary
box clever — v. Display intelligence or care … A concise dictionary of English slang
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
