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Sunday punch

–noun
1. Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, esp. the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
2. anything, as an armed force, line of argument, etc., capable of inflicting a powerful blow on a hostile or opposing person or thing.

Origin:
1930–35
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Sunday punch  
n.   Slang
  1. A knockout blow.

  2. Something that is capable of delivering a destructive blow to an opponent or opposing force.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Sunday punch

  1. n.
    a very solid and destructive blow; one's best blow. : Ralph aimed a Sunday punch at Frederick's nose, but he missed and spun about, striking his elbow on the banister.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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