Idiom
box clever
Meaning
To act wisely.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You need to box clever if you want to win this game.”
“The market is very competitive right now, so we must box clever to keep our customers.”
“By choosing to negotiate rather than confront his rivals, he boxed clever and secured the best possible outcome for his team.”
Examples
simple
“You need to box clever if you want to win this game.”
contextual
“The market is very competitive right now, so we must box clever to keep our customers.”
complex
“By choosing to negotiate rather than confront his rivals, he boxed clever and secured the best possible outcome for his team.”
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