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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A section of material, such as cardboard, that is scored or perforated so that it may easily be pushed out.
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Examples
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Much like they did a day earlier, Powers and Trebon went on to engage in a long two-man punch-out.
Jeremy Powers outduels Ryan Trebon in day 2 of Cincinnati UCI3 Cyclocross Festival 2010
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The wide-ranging themes of school punch-out valentine cards best illustrates the modern disconnect between Valentine's Day and anything even remotely romantic.
Joel Schwartzberg: I'm With Cupid: Valentine's Day Truths Joel Schwartzberg 2011
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It's like Rocky, really, just without the final, bloody punch-out in which his nose is almost torn from his face.
Reality TV's the only way to move up in this world | Carole Cadwalladr 2011
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The wide-ranging themes of school punch-out valentine cards best illustrates the modern disconnect between Valentine's Day and anything even remotely romantic.
Joel Schwartzberg: I'm With Cupid: Valentine's Day Truths Joel Schwartzberg 2011
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He beats up a teammate or has a punch-out in a bar.
Tell Somebody: 10 Surprising Signs You're Dating an Abusive Guy 2011
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The wide-ranging themes of school punch-out valentine cards best illustrates the modern disconnect between Valentine's Day and anything even remotely romantic.
Joel Schwartzberg: I'm With Cupid: Valentine's Day Truths Joel Schwartzberg 2011
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While the slur or putdown was its most common everyday tool, the '80s bully was also a master of the trip, the shove, the smack, the whack, and of course, the high school dance twirling punch-out.
The '80s Bully Megacut: Shoves, Wedgies, Putdowns, and Punches (VIDEO) 2010
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While the slur or putdown was its most common everyday tool, the '80s bully was also a master of the trip, the shove, the smack, the whack, and of course, the high school dance twirling punch-out.
The '80s Bully Megacut: Shoves, Wedgies, Putdowns, and Punches (VIDEO) 2010
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Tom Corbett is the main character in a series of Tom Corbett — Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, coloring books, punch-out books and View-Master reels in the 1950s.
T.V. :Tom Corbett, Space cadet Zen Tiger 2010
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