punch out
Example Sentences
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The sinker completed a three-pitch strikeout — his ninth punch-out of the day.
From Los Angeles Times
Dallas Baptist relief ace Peyton Sherlin had struck Teel out in the opener of this super regional series Saturday, and the left-hander was one strike away from stranding three Virginia base runners with another punch-out in Monday’s deciding Game 3.
From Washington Post
Other Next Level-developed Nintendo projects include both Super Mario Strikers titles on the GameCube and the Wii, Metroid Prime: Federation Force for the 3DS, and the Wii reboot of Punch-Out!!.
From The Verge
“We shaped the way we converse, and every day we present ourselves out there in this virtual platform where body language is out of reach and your participation is based on a punch-in, punch-out system. Seems unreal, lacks life.”
From Washington Post
“It was like I was in a video game, the old ‘Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out.’”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.