punches out

verb

present tense third-person singular of punch out
as in licks
to strike repeatedly you should take a course in anger management—you can't go around punching out people

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for punches out
  1. licks
  2. pounds
  3. hides
  4. lashes
  5. beats
  6. whips
  7. works over
  8. does
Verb
  • Later, a woman protractedly licks blue ice cream from a cone, her attempts thwarted by ferocious gusts of wind and sand.
    — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Food stands also debuted that year, with ribs sizzling along with the blues licks.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Definition of licks
Verb
  • The first murder is a girl slicing into her slumbering mother’s neck with a hacksaw; then her brother pounds his father’s face in with a baseball bat.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Back from a hamstring injury, Teoscar Hernández rejoins a relentless Dodgers offense that pounds 17 hits and three homers in a 9-4 win over the Athletics.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of pounds
Verb
  • Furthermore, cash's nominal safety hides inflation risk, eroding purchasing power.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The target hides in a food truck, gets on another plane, flies to England, hides on another food truck and sneaks back on Air Force One.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of hides
Verb
  • The best mascaras for older women help coat lashes with color while addressing the annoying issues that come with age.
    — Micaela English, Glamour, 14 Aug. 2026
  • When Lucky verbally lashes out at Billie, the agents leave the room, but Lucky quickly calls her back.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of lashes
Verb
  • While electric razors can get the job done quickly, for many, nothing beats a proper shave with a blade.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Depth in one high-value workflow beats a shallow deployment across 10.
    — Boyan Wan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of beats
Verb
  • Instead of floating crosses in, Saka either whips his deliveries low near the six-yard box or works a slightly more central position to cut the ball back with a firmer connection.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • The vessel bends, blocks, and whips the wind into complex micro-currents before the air ever hits the sails.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
Definition of whips
Verb
  • How interest works over time Early payments go mostly toward interest and shift toward principal over time.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • That made auctions, somewhat counterintuitively, one of the more attractive places to buy important works over the past six months.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of works over
Verb
  • About 52% of A to Z’s roughly 65-person core team identifies as female, as does about 55% of management, according to Prosenjak.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • That needs to change, Styninger said, as does the splitting of industry oversight between different parts of state government.
    — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of does
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“Punches out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punches%20out. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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