punch in
verb
punched in; punching in; punches in
: to record the time of one's arrival or beginning work by punching a time clock
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Violence The only real instance of violence in the movie is when a kid is punched in the eye.
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 17 June 2025
The chaos of our real world is mirrored in the overcrowded mess of a Pittsburgh emergency room manned by exhausted health care workers who get punched in the face for all their heroic efforts.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 June 2025
The processing plant was modeled on Henry Ford’s Highland Park automobile factory, which opened in 1910; Seabrook management even installed a time clock out in the fields, where farm hands punched in and out of work.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Otherwise, getting punched in the face like this, no one wants to go through it.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 17 June 2025
The chaos of our real world is mirrored in the overcrowded mess of a Pittsburgh emergency room manned by exhausted health care workers who get punched in the face for all their heroic efforts.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 June 2025
The processing plant was modeled on Henry Ford’s Highland Park automobile factory, which opened in 1910; Seabrook management even installed a time clock out in the fields, where farm hands punched in and out of work.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Otherwise, getting punched in the face like this, no one wants to go through it.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
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“Punch in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch%20in. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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