punch-upnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpʌntʃ.ʌp/us/ˈpʌntʃ.ʌp/mainly UK informala fight:
There was a punch-up in the bar.
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Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- combat
- counterinsurgency
- disturbance
- dust-up
- engagement
- fighting
- fistfight
- fisticuffs
- fray
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot
- last
- pick
- shoot
- slug
- slug it out idiom
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