punched out; punching out; punches out
1
: to record the time of one's stopping work or departure by punching a time clock
2
: to bail out of an aircraft using an ejection seat
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Verb
you should take a course in anger management—you can't go around punching out people
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
The lefty was able to work his way out of trouble each time, first striking out Ozuna to end the third before getting a pair of punch-outs to end the fourth after initially putting two on with nobody out.
—Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
In the film, Sheen's character, Captain Willard, experiences a drunken breakdown in a hotel room in Saigon, even punching out mirrors during the scene.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
But back in the 2010s, Kershaw was a dominant strikeout pitcher who recorded at least 200 punch-outs in a season seven times during the ten-year span from 2010 to 2019.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
The lefty was able to work his way out of trouble each time, first striking out Ozuna to end the third before getting a pair of punch-outs to end the fourth after initially putting two on with nobody out.
—Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
Verb
On Sunday, Cruz punched out Baltimore’s Ramón Laureano, Colton Cowser and Cedric Mullins — all on splitters — before the Yankees rallied in the bottom of the eighth.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
In the film, Sheen's character, Captain Willard, experiences a drunken breakdown in a hotel room in Saigon, even punching out mirrors during the scene.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for punch-out
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“Punch-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch-out. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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