put someone in a box

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Meanings:

1.
USUKinformalfigurative
- To limit one's view of a person by assigning them to a narrow, oversimplified category; to stereotype or pigeonhole someone.
2.
USUKinformalfigurative
- To confine, marginalize, or restrict a person’s opportunities or activities, either metaphorically or, less commonly, literally.

Examples:

EN: We put someone in a box so, you know I think everyone thinks that all celebrities live exactly the same.
ID: Kita mengkotakkan seseorang, sehingga aku merasa orang berpikir selebriti hidup sama persis.
EN: Whenever we put someone in a box we put them in prison.
TE: వీలైతే మన బ్యాగ్లో ఎప్పుడూ ఒక గ్లౌవ్స్ జత ఉంచుకుని బండి దగ్గరికి వెళ్లినప్పుడు మనమే వాళ్లకు ఇద్దాం.

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