punch1 verbpunch2 noun
punchpunch1 /pʌntʃ/ ●●● S3 verb [transitive] 
WORD ORIGINpunch1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French poinçonner ‘to make a hole in’, from poinçon ‘tool for making holes’VERB TABLE
punch
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | punch |
| he, she, it | punches | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | punched |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have punched |
| he, she, it | has punched | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had punched |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will punch |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have punched |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am punching |
| he, she, it | is punching | |
| you, we, they | are punching | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was punching |
| you, we, they | were punching | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been punching |
| he, she, it | has been punching | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been punching |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be punching |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been punching |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- All you have to do is punch a few buttons and the computer will do the rest for you.
- Dean punched her in the ribs and pushed her against the wall.
- I punched holes in the papers and filed them away in a binder.
- The conductor walked through the train, punching everyone's ticket.
- The shoemaker was threading stitches through tiny holes he had punched in the leather.
- The woman claimed that she had been punched and kicked by one of the policemen.
- Chamfer the top corners and nail on with 1-1/2in ovals, punched in and filled.
- He blundered forward, punching wildly.
- He is expected to punch his time card in April.
- I sat down in my swivel chair and propped my feet up, punching the replay button on the answering machine.
- Just for the sake of clarity, perhaps we should call employees who do more than punch their time card intrapreneurs.
- Meg was trying to snap Jackie in action as she helped her fighter Tony Weeks punch his way to victory.
- Norm Kleinebriel, owner, sits at the end of the long bar smoking a cigarette and punching a calculator.
- She began screaming and he punched her in the face and ran off.
THESAURUSto hit someone
to hit someone quickly and hard with your hand, a stick etc: · He hit him hard in the stomach.· I don’t like to see people hitting a dog.
to hit someone deliberately many times, especially very hard: · The girl had been beaten to death.· He was beating the donkey with a stick.
written to hit someone with your hand or a weapon. Strike is more formal than hit and is mainly used in written English: · Her husband struck her twice across the face.· Police say that the man had been struck on the head.
to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight: · I punched him on the nose.· She was screaming and punching him with her fists.
informal to punch someone very hard: · Sometimes I just want to thump him.
to hurt someone badly in a violent attack, by hitting them many times: · If I tell the police, they'll beat me up.· He had been beaten up and tortured with lighted cigarettes.
to hit someone with your open hand, especially because you are angry with them: · They had a big row and she ended up slapping him.
(also smack especially British English) to hit someone, especially a child, with your open hand in order to punish them: · Should a parent ever smack a child?· I don’t agree with smacking.· In those days, children were spanked if they behaved badly.
Longman Language Activatorto hit someone deliberately to hit someone with your hand or with something that you are holding in your hand: · Dad! Peter keeps hitting me!hit with: · The victim had been hit with a baseball bat.hit somebody on the nose/in the stomach/over the head etc: · There was a fight, and someone had hit him over the head with a chair.hit somebody hard (=with a lot of force): · He hit him hard in the stomach.hit somebody back (=to hit someone when they have hit you): · Don't hit him, he'll only hit you back.
also slug informal to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight or because you are angry: · The woman claimed that she had been punched and kicked by one of the policemen.· The actor slugged a photographer who got too close.punch somebody on the nose/in the eye/in the chest etc: · Dean punched her in the ribs and pushed her against the wall.
to hit someone, especially on their face, with the flat part of your open hand: · I was so angry I wanted to slap him.slap somebody across the face: · She slapped him across the face and stormed out of the room.slap somebody's face: · Dora slapped his face and ran home.
formal to hit someone, especially on a particular part of their body: · Her husband had never struck her before.strike with: · Evidence shows that the victim had been struck several times with an iron bar.strike somebody on the head/in the stomach etc: · The court heard that the defendant had struck Payne repeatedly in the face, causing serious bruising.
to hit or try to hit someone very hard with a closed hand in a fight: · Rogers threw a punch at Martin.· Foreman, once the World Heavyweight Champion, says 'I never throw a punch in anger.'
informal to hit someone hard, with your hand or with an object: · If he said anything like that to me, I'd whack him!
informal to hit someone very hard with your closed hand, especially on their body rather than on their face or head: · Mike thumped Stephanie's back several times to stop her choking.
spoken to hit someone hard, especially in a fight: bash somebody's head/face/teeth etc in: · I told him I'd bash his head in if he ever touched her again.
spoken to hit someone very hard, either with your hand or with a hard object: · The kids are bored, and have nothing to do but clobber each other.
to make someone or something fall down by hitting them to hit someone so hard that they fall down and become unconscious: knock somebody out: · Jackson hit Brian hard with his left fist and knocked him out.knock out somebody: · He is a good boxer, a powerful puncher who has knocked out 18 of his 20 opponents to date.knock somebody out cold (=so that they become completely unconscious): · The blow to Sergeant Lewis' head had knocked him out cold.
American to hit someone with your closed hand, so hard that they become unconscious: punch somebody out: · I got so mad I just wanted to punch someone out.punch somebody out: · The coach threw him off the team after he punched out a teammate.
to hit someone or something and make them fall onto the ground - use this about people or objects hitting someone or something: knock somebody/something down/over: · Jo was almost knocked down by a kid on a bicycle.· One boy crashed into him and knocked him over.knock over somebody/something: · There was a crash as the cat knocked over something in the kitchen.get knocked down/over: · As the crowd rushed towards the gate, several people got knocked over.
to hit something so that it falls off a surface: knock off something/knock something off: · Part of the puzzle had been knocked off onto the floor.knock something off something: · Ellie accidentally knocked a cup of milk off the table.
to make a hole through something · Make a hole in the bottom of the plant pot to allow the water to drain out.· Make a hole in the surface of the pie before you put it in the oven.
to make a small hole through something using something long and sharp: · She pierced the lid of the can and poured the milk into a saucepan.· The arrow pierced his heart.have your ears/nose/navel etc pierced (=have holes made in them so that you can wear jewellery): · Shelley had her ears pierced when she was a teenager.
to damage something by making a hole through which air escapes: · The doctor was worried that the broken rib might puncture the woman's lung.
to make a hole through paper or material with a quick strong movement using a special tool: · The conductor walked through the train, punching everyone's ticket.punch a hole in something: · I punched holes in the papers and filed them away in a binder.· The shoemaker was threading stitches through tiny holes he had punched in the leather.
to make a small hole in something using a tool that turns around and around very quickly: drill a hole in: · I drilled two holes in the shelf and attached it to the wall.· We drilled several small holes in the lid of the jar.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
These bullets can punch a hole through 20 mm steel plate.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a young wife whose husband used her as a punching bagCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
These bullets can punch a hole through 20 mm steel plate. a young wife whose husband used her as a punching bag· The six note left hand rhythm is literally punched out to lend a strong, exultant ring to the proceedings.· At first, he considered punching out with a 7-iron.· Down she goes, arms folded across her chest, crouching low and punching out kicks from the knee.· Detectives Pembleton and Bayliss had punched out.· The first watcher picked up the red phone nearby and punched out three digits.· My lights would get punched out and I would bawl like a newborn.· Something occurred to him, and he punched out Terence Rigby's number once again.· He was walking about a foot off the earth, chest punched out and so forth.
NOUN· Balvinder jumped up and down, punched the air, then promptly confronted the man with whom he had made the bet.· Warehouses yawning out over the barren yards and loading docks; rusted cranes fused to their platforms, punching at the air.· When we left the meeting, I should have been punching the air with joy.· Then he plunged in, and when he saw he was correct, punched the air with a raised left hand.· Sharpe saw the blossoming smoke a fraction before the sound punched the air.· Men's fists punched the air, brandishing flagons of beer.· A small cheer emerged from behind and I punched the air with delight.· Caballeros punched the air with the exultation of victory.
· D'Arcy punched the intercom button and introduced himself to the disembodied Oriental voice at the other end.· I sat down in my swivel chair and propped my feet up, punching the replay button on the answering machine.· He found it on the far side, punched the red button and watched the big metal doors start to move.· The appeal punched the right buttons and played to the latent bigotry and fears in many whites.· Being a very friendly fellow he once let me punch the red button that started the press.· Hours later he punches a button on his computer and an electronic scream of rage races into cyberspace.· Krajewski punched the freeze frame button.· He leaned back and punched an erase button at the center of his thoughts.
· The coding instructions are necessary if the data are to be punched into cards and processed by computer equipment.· Just for the sake of clarity, perhaps we should call employees who do more than punch their time card intrapreneurs.· Every day he punched cards, punched and punched, trying to avoid instability, divergence, distortion.· He is expected to punch his time card in April.
· Dear Help Wanted: We punch a time clock and our employer has a rigid lateness policy.· You had a lot of people who had been there a long time, and they were just punching that clock.· Bobby punched the clock in four other maquilas before she got her current job as a clothes inspector at the Minsa plant.· Being a Council member entails neither heavy lifting nor punching a time clock.
· If some one punches in the wrong code more than three times, the alarm sounds automatically.· They evidently punched the Tulua code into the cockpit computer.
· He took his left hand off the throttle and punched himself in the face.· He punched Converse across the face with a stiff girlish forearm.· She began screaming and he punched her in the face and ran off.· Campbell threw Costa into a glass cooler door and punched him in the face three times.· When Neil refused they punched him in the face and dragged him to shops two miles away.· The men punched Rodriguez in the face until he fell, then stomped and kicked him in the head, police said.· As Mr Mullen raised the shears above his head, Jimmy punched him in the face.· They claimed she was punched in the face by one of the suspects.
· The floor punched me in the nose and I stretched out on it.· On another some one told him that an irate parishioner had threatened to punch Ray in the nose.· What she would give to punch him on the nose, and flatten once and for all his insulting, devilish assumptions.
· These are punched on rows two, three, six, seven, ten, eleven, and so on.· On the first row, punch any position that isn't punched on row two.
· Feeling as though she had been punched in the stomach, she staggered into the drawing-room and sank on to the sofa.· If some one gets punched in the stomach, pain and bruising may occur.· I struggled and punched him in the stomach.· I felt like some one had punched me in the stomach.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► punch above your weight► punch something ↔ in► punch somebody out► punch holes in somebody’s argument/idea/plans etc► punch somebody’s lights outPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► haul off and hit/punch/kick somebody► pull a punch► ride a punch/blow
1hit to hit someone or something hard with your fist (=closed hand): - Bob is glad to have a job where he doesn't have to punch the clock.
- Bobby punched the clock in four other maquilas before she got her current job as a clothes inspector at the Minsa plant.
- A small cheer emerged from behind and I punched the air with delight.
- Balvinder jumped up and down, punched the air, then promptly confronted the man with whom he had made the bet.
- Caballeros punched the air with the exultation of victory.
- I felt marvellous and punched the air.
- Men's fists punched the air, brandishing flagons of beer.
- Sharpe saw the blossoming smoke a fraction before the sound punched the air.
- Then he plunged in, and when he saw he was correct, punched the air with a raised left hand.
- When we left the meeting, I should have been punching the air with joy.
- And then, as if to deliver the knockout blow to his scheme, the phone rang.
- But the new West Indies proved encouragingly resilient, repeatedly getting up off the canvas to deliver the final knockout punch.
- Great passing; good running, but they lacked a knockout punch.
- He may not have a knockout punch, but he does have good moves all the way to the bell.
- If people will use the vaccine available, it is possible to give paralytic polio a knockout blow within the next year.
- It was a knockout punch of which Indurain, Hinault or Merckx would have been proud.
- That seven eighty-one was like a knockout punch.
- The business was reeling from what appeared to have been the knockout punch.
- Flaws' Nigel's style includes getting caught with punches in order to land punches.
- He shot out his right arm and landed a punch on Lorrimer's nose.
- Sharpe hacked again, this time landing a blow on the back of the helmet.
- The first tried to land a punch, but he missed.
- This time, he hardly landed a blow as the majestic Christie cruised home.
- A wave 10 feet high and 500 feet long can pack a punch of 400,000 pounds per linear foot of its crest.
- Anne Packer packed a punch with Baked Beans.
- At last - takeaway sandwiches with flavour that packs a punch!
- For the first time in a long time, an Eddie Murphy movie packs a punch.
- The paper is light; it doesn't pack a punch.
- Many industries were able to roll with the punches in a tough economy.
- Also be aware that the struggle itself can be exhilarating and enlightening, so roll with the punches and enjoy the fight!
- In high school you could just roll with the punches.
- Foreman, once the World Heavyweight Champion, says 'I never throw a punch in anger.'
- Rogers threw a punch at Martin.
- Every time he throws a punch, he moves his face.
- He elbowed the Saracens number 8, Barry Crawley, who in turn, threw a punch which floored the Gloucester man.
- Hull were reduced to 12 men on the hour when Mark Jones was sent off for throwing a punch at Gary Tees.
- I began throwing punches whenever I thought no one was looking.
- I began to imagine throwing punches at the Bashers.
- I saw men in red shirts throwing punches at an old man.
- Pascoe threw a punch and missed, then threw another and felt the connection travel to the point of his elbow.
- This means that even if the opponent throws a punch, you will have drawn back and out of range.
He punched me and knocked my teeth out.punch somebody on/in something He punched Jack in the face.► see thesaurus at hit2make holes to make a hole in something, using a metal tool or other sharp object: The guard punched my ticket and I got on. These bullets can punch a hole through 20 mm steel plate.3push buttons to push a button or key on a machine: Just punch the button to select a track.4punch holes in somebody’s argument/idea/plans etc to criticize someone’s views, idea, plans etc by showing why they are wrong5punch the air to make a movement like a punch towards the sky, to show that you are very pleased: He punched the air in triumph.6punch somebody’s lights out informal to hit someone hard in the face7punch the clock American English informal to record the time that you start or finish work by putting a card into a special machine8cattle American English old-fashioned to move cattle from one place to another9punch above your weight informal if businesses, organizations, teams etc punch above their weight, they are successful in an activity or task which usually needs more money, power, skill etc than they seem to have – used especially in newspaperspunch in phrasal verb1American English to record the time that you arrive at work, by putting a card into a special machine SYN clock in British English2punch something ↔ in to put information into a computer by pressing buttons or keyspunch out phrasal verb American English1to record the time that you leave work, by putting a card into a special machine SYN clock out British English2punch somebody out to hit someone so hard that they become unconsciouspunch1 verbpunch2 noun
punchpunch2 ●●○ noun WORD ORIGINpunch2
Origin:
1-2, 5-7 1500-1600 ➔ PUNCH13 1600-1700 Perhaps from Hindi pãc ‘five’; because there are five things that go into it. 4 1500-1600 Probably from puncheon; ➔ POUNCE8 1800-1900 Punch character in children's puppet shows, from Punchinello, probably from Italian dialect polecenella ‘little chicken’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a bowl of rum punch
- Mike gave me a punch on the arm.
- The new Ford Mustang has a lot of punch.
- Thomas' novel loses its punch toward the end.
- A superb rum punch had all the characteristics of merciful execution.
- And heart disease took a one-two punch.
- His oh-so-careful slimy grin that lashed out and maimed as much as a punch or a kick.
- I couldn't see more than three frames between standing still and throwing the punch.
- Penalosa's lack of mobility is counter-balanced by his southpaw stance and hard punch.
- The defender now turns attacker, stepping quickly forward and striking with a reverse punch to his attacker's chest.
- The mid-term exam hit her like a blind punch.
THESAURUSto make a hole in something
to cause a hole to appear in something: · Make a hole in the bottom of the can using a hammer and nail.
to make a small hole in or through something, using a pointed object: · The dog’s teeth had pierced her skin.· Shelley wanted to have her ears pierced (=for earrings).
to make a very small hole in the surface of something, using a pointed object: · Prick the potatoes before baking them.· My finger was bleeding where the needle had pricked it.
to make a hole through paper or flat material using a metal tool or other sharp object: · I bought one of those things for punching holes in paper.· You have to get your ticket punched before you get on the train.
to make a small hole in something, especially something where skin or a wall surrounds a softer or hollow inside part: · The bullet had punctured his lung.
formal to make a hole or holes in something: · Fragments of the bullet had perforated his intestines.
to make a hole using a special tool, often one which turns round and round very quickly: · The dentist started drilling a hole in my tooth.· They won a contract to drill for oil in the area.
to make a deep round hole through a rock, into the ground etc: · They had to bore through solid rock.· The men were boring a hole for the tunnel.
Longman Language Activatorto hit someone deliberately to hit someone with your hand or with something that you are holding in your hand: · Dad! Peter keeps hitting me!hit with: · The victim had been hit with a baseball bat.hit somebody on the nose/in the stomach/over the head etc: · There was a fight, and someone had hit him over the head with a chair.hit somebody hard (=with a lot of force): · He hit him hard in the stomach.hit somebody back (=to hit someone when they have hit you): · Don't hit him, he'll only hit you back.
also slug informal to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight or because you are angry: · The woman claimed that she had been punched and kicked by one of the policemen.· The actor slugged a photographer who got too close.punch somebody on the nose/in the eye/in the chest etc: · Dean punched her in the ribs and pushed her against the wall.
to hit someone, especially on their face, with the flat part of your open hand: · I was so angry I wanted to slap him.slap somebody across the face: · She slapped him across the face and stormed out of the room.slap somebody's face: · Dora slapped his face and ran home.
formal to hit someone, especially on a particular part of their body: · Her husband had never struck her before.strike with: · Evidence shows that the victim had been struck several times with an iron bar.strike somebody on the head/in the stomach etc: · The court heard that the defendant had struck Payne repeatedly in the face, causing serious bruising.
to hit or try to hit someone very hard with a closed hand in a fight: · Rogers threw a punch at Martin.· Foreman, once the World Heavyweight Champion, says 'I never throw a punch in anger.'
informal to hit someone hard, with your hand or with an object: · If he said anything like that to me, I'd whack him!
informal to hit someone very hard with your closed hand, especially on their body rather than on their face or head: · Mike thumped Stephanie's back several times to stop her choking.
spoken to hit someone hard, especially in a fight: bash somebody's head/face/teeth etc in: · I told him I'd bash his head in if he ever touched her again.
spoken to hit someone very hard, either with your hand or with a hard object: · The kids are bored, and have nothing to do but clobber each other.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs a young wife whose husband used her as a punching bagCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
(=try to hit someone)· Rob was so angry that he turned round and threw a punch at the man.
(=manage to hit someone)· Then I began to land some good punches.
· He gave me a punch on the nose.
formal (=hit someone)· Who actually delivered the punch that killed the man?
(=be hit, or deal well with being hit)· I took a lot of punches but I gave a lot too.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + punch· My stomach took a couple of hard punches.
· Tyson landed one good punch but it wasn’t enough.
(=a blow that knocks someone down so that they cannot get up again)· In the fourth round, Lewis produced a knockout punch that ended the fight.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a young wife whose husband used her as a punching bag· It was a knockout punch of which Indurain, Hinault or Merckx would have been proud.· That seven eighty-one was like a knockout punch.· He may not have a knockout punch, but he does have good moves all the way to the bell.· The business was reeling from what appeared to have been the knockout punch.
· This is the principle behind fast flurries of powerful punches.· Though not the most powerful punch ever thrown, Stretch's right hook was delivered with perfect timing.· The espresso, in small cups, is dark and serious and packs a more powerful punch.· This will give the Cheshires a good deal more protection and pack a much more powerful punch should they be attacked again.· You notice that the opponent is standing in a wide stance, so you throw a powerful reverse punch at his face.
· The more rum punch, the better the beat!· Your rum punch has made people stinko.· A superb rum punch had all the characteristics of merciful execution.
NOUN· Also train on the punch bag, aiming your kicks as high as you can and reaching as far as possible.· When you have enough cash you can buy training equipment such as a skipping rope, punch bag or robot boxer!
· It was more a tidal wave in a punch bowl.· They held the punch bowl at parties, the potato salad, chips and dips.· Smiling at Evelyn, and ignoring Geoffrey, she made her way across the room to the punch bowl.
· The amended listing was then sent to an outside data preparation bureau where data were recorded on punch cards.
· They always saw his jokes before he got to the punch line.· Bobby Boy is always looking for the punch line to every situation.· Insert your own punch line here.· But he forgot the punch line for any business transaction: Did you get paid?· She waited for the punch line, her shoes growing soggy.· They rolled in the grass at the repetition of her punch line.· The shtup part was funnier than the punch line.
VERB· Types of strike 1: The attacker steps forward into the right stance to deliver a right lunge punch.· The rest are elbows delivered, punches thrown, verbally abusing referees, skipping All-Star media day, obscene gestures, tantrum-throwing.· But the new West Indies proved encouragingly resilient, repeatedly getting up off the canvas to deliver the final knockout punch.· Because of these fundamental properties of ocean surface waves, they are capable of delivering their punch over enormous distances.· But it is Lorca delivering the punch, not the composer.· In May, Ruelas delivered the punches that resulted in the death of Jimmy Garcia.
· One-Tree Hill, fictitious site of the shooting picnic at which Pickwick drinks too much punch and end up in the pound.
· You landed a bloody good punch.· Against Ruddock, a marginal fighter others have put away easily, Tyson never landed the big punch.· He shot out his right arm and landed a punch on Lorrimer's nose.· Tyson landed one punch after the other until a perfect right uppercut almost sent Bruno out of the ring.· In the second round Trentham began to land the odd punch, but never hard enough to allow Tommy to go down.· And while Ruelas' outstanding defensive instincts were evident, Herrera landed good punches throughout.· The first tried to land a punch, but he missed.· Then I began to land some good punches.
· For the first time in a long time, an Eddie Murphy movie packs a punch.· The paper is light; it doesn't pack a punch.· He also packed a mean punch, according to his estranged wife Sheila.· Square-cut and staid to behold, it packs a potent punch quite at odds with its looks.· At last - takeaway sandwiches with flavour that packs a punch!· Though it packed a stronger punch in the north-eastern states, it wreaked greater havoc in the south.· The trick is to pack as much magnetic punch into as small an amount of seawater as possible.
· Nizan generally spoke his mind and refused to pull his punches.· It also ended speculation that Cuomo might pull his punches in criticizing Clinton on the welfare issue.· From the pulpit Rev Paul Andrianatos pulls no punches.· Greenberg's judgment pulls no punches.· That is why the transport white paper pulled its punches and proposed more road-building.· They never pull any punches the way happiness does.· The backdrop of 1950s Harlem is violent and sinister and the direction pulls few punches.
· Also be aware that the struggle itself can be exhilarating and enlightening, so roll with the punches and enjoy the fight!· In high school you could just roll with the punches.
· Hull were reduced to 12 men on the hour when Mark Jones was sent off for throwing a punch at Gary Tees.· I throw a lot of punches and they all count.· Begin from a fighting stance, perhaps by throwing a light snap punch into the opponent's face from the front hand.· Every time he throws a punch, he moves his face.· He elbowed the Saracens number 8, Barry Crawley, who in turn, threw a punch which floored the Gloucester man.· Whitaker will throw enough punches to win on points.· Ail that is needed is to throw an oncoming punch off course.· I began throwing punches whenever I thought no one was looking.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► not pull any/your punchesPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► haul off and hit/punch/kick somebody► pull a punch► ride a punch/blow
1- Hitachi has beaten their competition to the punch with a new line of mainframe computers.
- Bernie, it might be a good idea if you beat them to the punch.
- Master Yehudi had beaten me to the punch again.
- He's as pleased as punch about the baby.
- He had landed a contract as pleased as Punch, and I made a feast for his friends.
- He was a strong, healthy lad and as pleased as punch to be working with Dad.
- The city faced the one-two punch of an earthquake followed by a recession.
- And heart disease took a one-two punch.
- And then, as if to deliver the knockout blow to his scheme, the phone rang.
- But the new West Indies proved encouragingly resilient, repeatedly getting up off the canvas to deliver the final knockout punch.
- Great passing; good running, but they lacked a knockout punch.
- He may not have a knockout punch, but he does have good moves all the way to the bell.
- If people will use the vaccine available, it is possible to give paralytic polio a knockout blow within the next year.
- It was a knockout punch of which Indurain, Hinault or Merckx would have been proud.
- That seven eighty-one was like a knockout punch.
- The business was reeling from what appeared to have been the knockout punch.
- Flaws' Nigel's style includes getting caught with punches in order to land punches.
- He shot out his right arm and landed a punch on Lorrimer's nose.
- Sharpe hacked again, this time landing a blow on the back of the helmet.
- The first tried to land a punch, but he missed.
- This time, he hardly landed a blow as the majestic Christie cruised home.
- A wave 10 feet high and 500 feet long can pack a punch of 400,000 pounds per linear foot of its crest.
- Anne Packer packed a punch with Baked Beans.
- At last - takeaway sandwiches with flavour that packs a punch!
- For the first time in a long time, an Eddie Murphy movie packs a punch.
- The paper is light; it doesn't pack a punch.
- Many industries were able to roll with the punches in a tough economy.
- Also be aware that the struggle itself can be exhilarating and enlightening, so roll with the punches and enjoy the fight!
- In high school you could just roll with the punches.
- Foreman, once the World Heavyweight Champion, says 'I never throw a punch in anger.'
- Rogers threw a punch at Martin.
- Every time he throws a punch, he moves his face.
- He elbowed the Saracens number 8, Barry Crawley, who in turn, threw a punch which floored the Gloucester man.
- Hull were reduced to 12 men on the hour when Mark Jones was sent off for throwing a punch at Gary Tees.
- I began throwing punches whenever I thought no one was looking.
- I began to imagine throwing punches at the Bashers.
- I saw men in red shirts throwing punches at an old man.
- Pascoe threw a punch and missed, then threw another and felt the connection travel to the point of his elbow.
- This means that even if the opponent throws a punch, you will have drawn back and out of range.
[countable] a quick strong hit made with your fist (=closed hand)punch in/on a punch in the kidneys I managed to land a punch on his chin. The two men started throwing punches (=trying to hit each other).2[singular, uncountable] a strong effective way of expressing things that makes people interested: Thirty years after it was written, Orton’s ‘Entertaining Mr Sloane’ still packs a punch.3[countable, uncountable] a drink made from fruit juice, sugar, water, and usually some alcohol: a glass of hot punch4[countable] a metal tool for cutting holes or for pushing something into a small hole5a one-two punch two bad events that happen close together: A meteorite collided with Earth at the same time, delivering a one-two punch to the magnetic field.6not pull any/your punches to express disapproval or criticism clearly, without trying to hide anything: The inquiry report doesn’t pull any punches in apportioning blame.7beat somebody/something to the punch informal to do or get something before anyone else does: Hitachi has beaten its competitors to the punch with its new palmtop.8as pleased as punch old-fashioned very happy: He’s as pleased as punch about the baby. → pack a (hard) punch at pack1(8)COLLOCATIONSverbsthrow a punch (=try to hit someone)· Rob was so angry that he turned round and threw a punch at the man.land a punch (=manage to hit someone)· Then I began to land some good punches.give somebody a punch· He gave me a punch on the nose.deliver a punch formal (=hit someone)· Who actually delivered the punch that killed the man?take a punch (=be hit, or deal well with being hit)· I took a lot of punches but I gave a lot too.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + puncha hard/powerful punch· My stomach took a couple of hard punches.a good punch· Tyson landed one good punch but it wasn’t enough.a knockout punch (=a blow that knocks someone down so that they cannot get up again)· In the fourth round, Lewis produced a knockout punch that ended the fight.