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punches someone's lights out

punches someone's lights out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 punches someone's lights out

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Punches someone's lights out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of punch someone's lights out.

Words near punches someone's lights out in the dictionary

  1. punches above one's weight
  2. punches below one's weight
  3. punches down
  4. punches in
  5. punches out
  6. punches someone's lights out
  7. punches someone's ticket
  8. punches the air
  9. punches up
  10. punches upward
  11. punches upwards

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