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left, right, goodnight

left, right, goodnight noun: a series of three hits (typically punches): one with the left hand, then one with the right hand, then one that knocks the recipient out.

Noun

left, right, goodnight (plural left, right, goodnights)

  1. (Commonwealth) A series of three hits (typically punches): one with the left hand, then one with the right hand, then one that knocks the recipient out.
    • As he wasn't yet on the floor, Jamie finished him off with a brutal 'left, right, goodnight' to the jaw, which knocked the boy out cold.2020 June 20, Logan Beadnell-Davies, The Black Age - Book 1, Logan Beadnell-Davies
    • It was the left hook a few seconds later that really did for me. At that point I really should have gone into full-on defensive mode and tried to kill the seconds and ride out the round but instead, and this is where inexperience comes in, I tried to counter-attack. I was in no state to do so. A...2023 September 14, Amir Khan, Fight For Your Life: The must-read, astonishingly revealing memoir with life lessons from the UK’s favourite boxer, Random House, →ISBN

Forms of left, right, goodnight

pluralleft, right, goodnights

Questions about left, right, goodnight

What does left, right, goodnight mean?
Left, right, goodnight means a series of three hits (typically punches): one with the left hand, then one with the right hand, then one that knocks the recipient out.
What part of speech is left, right, goodnight?
Left, right, goodnight is a noun.
What is the plural of left, right, goodnight?
The plural of left, right, goodnight is left, right, goodnights.

Words near left, right, goodnight in the dictionary

  1. left well alone
  2. left wing
  3. left wings
  4. left, right and center
  5. left, right and centre
  6. left, right, goodnight
  7. left, right, goodnights
  8. left-about
  9. left-abouts
  10. left-back
  11. left-backs

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