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punch out

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punch-out

  [puhnch-out]
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–noun
1. a small section of cardboard or metal surrounded by perforations so that it can be easily forced out.
2. Slang. a fistfight or brawl.
Origin:
1925–30; n. use of v. phrase punch out
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punch

1  [puhnch]
–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
3. to give a sharp thrust or blow to, esp. with the fist.
4. Western U.S. and Western Canada. to drive (cattle).
5. to poke or prod, as with a stick.
6. Informal. to deliver (lines in a play, a musical passage, or the like) with vigor.
7. to strike or hit in operating: to punch the typewriter keys.
8. to put into operation with or as if with a blow: to punch a time clock.
9. Baseball. to hit (the ball) with a short, chopping motion rather than with a full swing: He punched a soft liner just over third base for a base hit.
–verb (used without object)
10. to give a sharp blow to a person or thing, as with the fist: The boxer punches well.
—Verb phrases
11. punch away, Informal. to keep trying or working, esp. in difficult or discouraging circumstances; persevere: punching away at the same old job.
12. punch in,
a. to record one's time of arrival at work by punching a time clock.
b. to keyboard (information) into a computer: to punch in the inventory figures.
13. punch out,
a. to record one's time of departure from work by punching a time clock.
b. Slang. to beat up or knock out with the fists.
c. to extract (information) from a computer by the use of a keyboard: to punch out data on last week's sales.
d. to bail out; eject from an aircraft.
14. punch up,
a. to call up (information) on a computer by the use of a keyboard: to punch up a list of hotel reservations.
b. Informal. to enliven, as with fresh ideas or additional material: You'd better punch up that speech with a few jokes.
—Idioms
15. pull punches,
a. to lessen deliberately the force of one's blows.
b. Informal. to act with restraint or hold back the full force or implications of something: He wasn't going to pull any punches when he warned them of what they would be up against.
16. roll with the punches, Informal. to cope with and survive adversity: In the business world you quickly learn to roll with the punches.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME punchen (v.); appar. var. of pounce 1

Related forms:
puncher, noun

Synonyms:
3. strike, hit; drub, pummel.
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punch 2   (pŭnch)   
tr.v.   punched, punch·ing, punch·es

  1. To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.

    1. To poke or prod with a stick.

    2. Western U.S. To herd (cattle).

  3. To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation: punched the "repeat" key; punched in the number on the computer.

  4. Baseball To hit (a ball) with a quick short swing.

n.  

  1. A blow with the fist.

  2. Vigor or drive. See Synonyms at vigor.

  3. To check out formally at a job upon departure.

  4. To knock unconscious with a punch.

  5. Slang To eject from a military aircraft.

Phrasal Verb(s):
punch inTo check in formally at a job upon arrival.
punch out

  1. To check out formally at a job upon departure.

  2. To knock unconscious with a punch.

  3. Slang To eject from a military aircraft.


Idiom(s):
beat to the punchTo make the first decisive move: a marketing team that beat all the competitors to the punch.

[Middle English punchen, to thrust, prod, prick, from Old French poinçonner, ponchonner, to emboss with a punch, from poinçon, ponchon, pointed tool; see puncheon1.]
punch'less adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
punch (so) out

  1. tv.
    to knock someone out. (See also punch (so's) lights out.) : The thug punched out the cop and ran down an alley.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

Punch 
the puppet show star, 1709, shortening of Punchinello (1666), from It. (Neapolitan) Pollecinella, dim. of pollecena "turkey pullet," probably in allusion to his big nose. The phrase pleased as punch apparently refers to his unfailing triumph over enemies. The comic weekly of this name was published in London from 1841.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

punch out

  1. Record one's time of departure from work, as in We never punch out at exactly five o'clock. This usage, dating from the 1920s, alludes to the use of a time clock. Also see punch in, def. 1.

  2. Eject from a military aircraft, as in The pilot punched out just before the plane blew up. [Slang; 1960s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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