to be boxed into a corner
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to be placed in a problematic situation to which there is no favorable solution
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Disapproving
Idiom
Informal
Exempel
The company's financial troubles left them boxed into a corner, with limited options but to downsize and restructure.
The student procrastinated until the last minute and found themselves boxed into a corner, forced to pull an all-nighter to complete the assignment.
