police box
noun
1A small office or booth staffed by one or more police officers (now chiefly in Japan).
2A telephone (or earlier, telegraph) kiosk specially for the use of police or members of the public wishing to contact the police.
3A reinforced shelter on London streets during the Second World War (1939–45) for the protection of policemen on duty during an air raid (now disused ).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Times.
- in (the) course of ——
- in the dark
- in the dogbox
- in the driver's seat
- in the driving (or driver's) seat
- in the end
- in the event
- in the event of ——
- in the event that
- in the extreme
- in the family way
- in the field
- in the final (or last) analysis
- in the first (or second etc.) instance
- in the first place
- in the flesh
- in the fullness of time
- in the gift of
- in the grip of
- in the gun
- in the heat of the moment
- in the heel of the hunt
- in the hole
- in the hope of
- in the interests (or interest) of something