boxed out
Denied the rebound
Boxed out describes being blocked from a position or opportunity, originally from basketball, where a player positions their body to prevent an opponent from reaching the ball during a rebound.
The phrase extends to any situation where someone is deliberately excluded or edged out: She felt boxed out of the decision-making process.
Smaller firms get boxed out by corporations with deeper pockets.
- reboundingBouncing back after collision
- glass cleanerSolution for transparent surfaces
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
- bodyPhysical structure, living thing
- holding groundMaintaining position under pressure
body position · defense · excluded · marginalized · pushed aside · post · ostracized · push · blocking · lane · alienated · guarding · barrier · spacing · sidelined · obstruction · paint · bump
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- sidelinedbenched, shelved, sidetracked, put on hold, on hold
boxed outfronting
Being at the forefront
fronted · uncontested · outmaneuvered · slipped past · offensive rebound
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