punch out
phrasal verbpunch out (North American English)
(British English clock out/off)
- to record the time you leave work by putting a card into a special machine
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punch somebody out
- (North American English, informal) to hit somebody so hard that they fall down
punch something out
- to press a combination of buttons or keys on a computer, phone, etc.
- He picked up his phone and punched out a quick text.
- to make a hole in something or knock something out by hitting it very hard
- I felt as if all my teeth had been punched out.
- to cut something from paper, wood, metal, etc. with a special tool