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First Known Use of punch-out
1973
punch out
Definition of punch 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
Examples of punch out in a Sentence
you should take a course in anger management—you can't go around punching out people
Recent Examples of punch out from the Web
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Theft Tools were taken from a work truck parked in a driveway in the 200 block of West Wilson Avenue between July 1 and 7:45 a.m. July 2 by someone who punched out a lock on the truck.
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Saturday's quintet allowed two baserunners — one reached on an error — and struck out seven members of a Royals team that was the toughest in the American League to punch out.
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Indians pitcher Kennedy Lehn entered the game with a 0.26 ERA and leading the state with 294 strikeouts on the year but punched out just six Falcons.
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Puffs of steam flew out of its windows, obscuring Travis Vasconcelos as his fingers punched out the Indiana University fight song on the calliope’s keyboard.
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The scene takes all of the punch out of the jokes and ridicule that were common following the trial.
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One year, the Toyota TS040 had the best punch out of the corner and down the main straight.
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Dan Frake got the win punching out six over four innings of work. *** Tyler Cannon had two hits for four RBI as Gloucester Catholic defeated Roman Catholic (Pa.), 10-2.
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Based on an old Buick motor punched out to 4.0 liters, Land Rover’s all-aluminum V8 is both light and, for the time, powerful.
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First Known Use of punch out
1893
punch out Synonyms
Synonyms
bash, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, drub, flog, hammer, hide, lace, lash, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, wallop, whale, whip, whop (or whap), whup, work over;
Related Words
assail, assault, attack, beset, box, bust, chop, clobber, clout, crack, cudgel, cuff, descend (on or upon), hit, jump (on), knock, lam, lay on, paste, pounce (on or upon), punch, raid, rush, slam, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, storm, swat, swipe, thwack, whack, wham, whomp;
blackjack, cane, cowhide, flagellate, horsewhip, leather, pistol-whip, rawhide, scourge, strap;
Phrases
beat up on;
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