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punched someone's lights out

punched someone's lights out is the simple past and past participle of punch someone's lights out.

Meaning of punch someone's lights out

Verb

punch someone's lights out (third-person singular simple present punches someone's lights out, present participle punching someone's lights out, simple past and past participle punched someone's lights out)

  1. (idiomatic) To give someone a serious beating using one's fists; to punch someone until he or she is unconscious.
    • "My intention was to punch his lights out," Parker said of Garber, "but as I got closer to the mound, my faculties came back and I cooled off. I just him and asked him what was going on."1979 May 10, “NL Action is Wild and Woolly”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, retrieved 12 Nov 2015, page 45

Questions about punched someone's lights out

What is punched someone's lights out the simple past and past participle of?
Punched someone's lights out is the simple past and past participle of punch someone's lights out.

Words near punched someone's lights out in the dictionary

  1. punched out
  2. punched paper tape
  3. punched paper tapes
  4. punched pocket
  5. punched pockets
  6. punched someone's lights out
  7. punched someone's ticket
  8. punched tape
  9. punched tapes
  10. punched the air
  11. punched up

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