英语词汇“to punch a person's ticket”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. transitive. figurative. Chiefly North American. to punch a person's ticket: to perform an action which validates, confirms, or terminates something; to acknowledge or validate a person's experience, esp. in relation to advancement in a career or in prestige. Also to punch the ticket.

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1909 Washington Post 5 Apr. 8/3 He lasted just an inning, allowing four blows and as many runs. This punched his ticket, and Brady..was put on the rubber to see what he could do.

1916 in V. Randolph & G. Legman Roll me in your Arms (1992) 468 He punched Peggy's ticket with a .38 Colt.

1981 Washington Post 15 Nov. a2/1 Lyon graduated from West Point in the middle of his class and set out, in Army parlance, to get his ticket punched: make rank, get the right assignments and scramble up the Army's career ladder.

1991 Nation (N.Y.) 8 July 61/2 As his five year stint in Nicaragua progressed, it became clear that he was not just getting his Latin America ticket punched on the way to a book contract or behind-the-scenes New York office oblivion.

1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero xi. 193 The secretariat..had submitted my efficiency report way ahead of schedule to make sure the promotion board knew that I'd gotten my Pentagon ticket punched.

1993 S. King Dolores Claiborne 91 They think he finally did it once too often and I punched his ticket for it.

2004 J. G. Dunne Nothing Lost i. i. 22 Gerry Wormwold was elected attorney general. The Worm never missed an opportunity to punch the Christian ticket on his way to higher office.

单词	to punch a person's ticket
释义	> as lemmas to punch a person's ticket d. transitive. figurative. Chiefly North American. to punch a person's ticket: to perform an action which validates, confirms, or terminates something; to acknowledge or validate a person's experience, esp. in relation to advancement in a career or in prestige. Also to punch the ticket. ΚΠ 1909 Washington Post 5 Apr. 8/3 He lasted just an inning, allowing four blows and as many runs. This punched his ticket, and Brady..was put on the rubber to see what he could do. 1916 in V. Randolph & G. Legman Roll me in your Arms (1992) 468 He punched Peggy's ticket with a .38 Colt. 1981 Washington Post 15 Nov. a2/1 Lyon graduated from West Point in the middle of his class and set out, in Army parlance, to get his ticket punched: make rank, get the right assignments and scramble up the Army's career ladder. 1991 Nation (N.Y.) 8 July 61/2 As his five year stint in Nicaragua progressed, it became clear that he was not just getting his Latin America ticket punched on the way to a book contract or behind-the-scenes New York office oblivion. 1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero xi. 193 The secretariat..had submitted my efficiency report way ahead of schedule to make sure the promotion board knew that I'd gotten my Pentagon ticket punched. 1993 S. King Dolores Claiborne 91 They think he finally did it once too often and I punched his ticket for it. 2004 J. G. Dunne Nothing Lost i. i. 22 Gerry Wormwold was elected attorney general. The Worm never missed an opportunity to punch the Christian ticket on his way to higher office. extracted from punchv.¹ < as lemmas
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