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cage in

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cage someone or something in 
1. Lit. to enclose someone or something in a cage. We caged the monkey in, but it threw a fit. We are going to have to cage in the dogs.
2. Fig. to confine someone or something. Please don't cage me in this tiny room! The health authorities virtually caged in the quarantined population until they could all be tested.
See also: cage


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As "the Fighting Wolf" he was known far and wide, and the cage in which he was kept on the steam-boat's deck was usually surrounded by curious men.
They were building a cage in the trail and covering it with leafy branches.
Below him he could now see the top of Astok's cage in the parallel shaft, and he reduced the speed of his to that of the other.
 
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