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punch
verbs
throw 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 + punch
a 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.
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noun
perforator:
I need a punch to make holes.
verb
struck:
He punched his friend.
Simple Definitions
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In addition to the idioms beginning with PUNCH, Also see BEAT TO IT (THE PUNCH); CAN'T PUNCH ONE'S WAY OUT OF A PAPER BAG; PACK A PUNCH; PLEASED AS PUNCH; PULL NO PUNCHES; ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES; SUCKER PUNCH; THROW A PUNCH.
American Heritage Idioms
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verb ADV. hard | lightly | repeatedly PREP. in His attacker had punched him hard in the face. | on She punched him on the nose. PHRASES kick and punch/punch and kick He was repeatedly kicked and punched as he lay on the ground., noun ADJ. good, powerful | knockout VERB + PUNCH deliver, give sb, land, swing, throw She gave him a punch on the nose. He can throw a powerful punch. | pull He pulled his punches to avoid hurting his sparring partner. PREP. ~ in a punch in the stomach | ~ on She gave him a punch on the nose. | ~ to a punch to the jaw
Oxford Collocations Dictionary