Usually means: Use intelligence to outsmart others.
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  1. box clever: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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▸ verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To act wisely.

Similar:
know when to fold 'em, use one's noggin, wise off, play the angles, cudgel, fool up, act a fool, weasel, shift, get wise, more...

Opposite:
unresourceful, unintelligent, unimaginative, uncreative, uninventive

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Similar:
know when to fold 'em, use one's noggin, wise off, play the angles, cudgel, fool up, act a fool, weasel, shift, get wise, more...

Opposite:
unresourceful, unintelligent, unimaginative, uncreative, uninventive



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