Both players got to cool their heels for five minutes in their respective penalty boxes after the fight.
A visit to the penalty box occurs when the salesman has relinquished control of the sales call by immediately answering the customers question.
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penalty box — penalty boxes 1) N COUNT: usu the N in sing In soccer, the penalty box is the same as the penalty area. [mainly BRIT] 2) N COUNT In ice hockey, the penalty box is an area in which players who have broken a rule have to sit for a period of time … English dictionary
penalty box — n. 1. Hockey a small, enclosed area just outside the wall surrounding the rink, where a player removed from the game must wait as a penalty 2. Soccer the large rectangular area directly in front of each goal where a foul committed by a defensive… … English World dictionary
penalty box — penalty .box n 1.) an area off the ice where a player in ↑ice hockey must wait after not obeying a rule 2.) a penalty area … Dictionary of contemporary English
penalty box — penalty ,box noun count a place next to the ice where an ICE HOCKEY player stays for a short time after breaking a rule … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Penalty box — The penalty box (sometimes called the sin bin [cite web|url=http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2004/02/04/UndefinedSection/sin Bin.Awaits.Naughty.Icers 1421994.shtml|publisher=Michigan Daily|title= Sin bin awaits… … Wikipedia
penalty box — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms penalty box : singular penalty box plural penalty boxes 1) British a penalty area 2) a place next to the ice where an ice hockey player stays for a short time after breaking a rule … English dictionary
penalty box — {n.} A place where penalized hockey players are required to go to wait until the penalty is over. * /Two players got into a fight and were sent to the penalty box for two minutes./ … Dictionary of American idioms
penalty box — {n.} A place where penalized hockey players are required to go to wait until the penalty is over. * /Two players got into a fight and were sent to the penalty box for two minutes./ … Dictionary of American idioms
penalty\ box — noun A place where penalized hockey players are required to go to wait until the penalty is over. Two players got into a fight and were sent to the penalty box for two minutes … Словарь американских идиом
penalty box — noun Date: 1931 an area alongside an ice hockey rink to which penalized players are confined for the duration of their penalty … New Collegiate Dictionary
