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  • 41punch-up — /punch up /, n. Slang. punch out (def. 2). [1955 60; n. use of v. phrase punch (it) up] * * * …

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  • 42punch — punch1 S3 [pʌntʃ] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hit)¦ 2¦(make holes)¦ 3¦(push buttons)¦ 4 punch holes in somebody s argument/idea/plans etc 5 punch the air 6 punch somebody s lights out 7 punch the clock 8¦(cattle)¦ Phrasal verbs   …

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  • 43punch — punch1 puncher, n. /punch/, n. 1. a thrusting blow, esp. with the fist. 2. forcefulness, effectiveness, or pungency in content or appeal; power; zest: a letter to voters that needs more punch. 3. pull punches, a. to lessen deliberately the force… …

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  • 44punch — 1 verb (T) 1 to hit someone or something hard with your fist (=closed hand): punch sb in/on sth: Gallacher swung round and punched me hard in the stomach. | punch sb/sth: I punched the wall in anger. | punch the air (=to make a movement like a… …

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  • 45punch — punch1 [ pʌntʃ ] verb transitive * 1. ) to hit someone or something with your FIST (=closed hand), usually as hard as you can: Two men punched him, knocking him to the ground. She punched her pillow angrily. a ) to press a button or switch: David …

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  • 46punch — [[t]pʌ̱ntʃ[/t]] ♦♦♦ punches, punching, punched 1) VERB If you punch someone or something, you hit them hard with your fist. [V n] After punching him on the chin she wound up hitting him over the head... [V n] He punched the wall angrily, then… …

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  • 47punch in — verb register one s arrival at work (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑clock in, ↑clock on • Ant: ↑punch out, ↑clock out (for: ↑clock in) …

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  • 48punch — I [[t]pʌntʃ[/t]] n. 1) a thrusting blow, esp. with the fist 2) cvb forcefulness or effectiveness; power 3) to give a sharp thrust or blow to, esp. with the fist 4) brit. dial. Western U.S. and Canada. to drive (cattle) 5) to poke or prod, as with …

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  • 49punch */ — I UK [pʌntʃ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms punch : present tense I/you/we/they punch he/she/it punches present participle punching past tense punched past participle punched 1) to hit someone or something with your fist (= closed hand),… …

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  • 50punch in — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, achieve, approach, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, attain, attain to, be received, blow in, bob up, check in, check off, check out, clock in, clock out, come, come in, come to, come to hand, dent, depress,… …

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