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punches the air

punches the air is the third-person singular simple present indicative of punch the air.

Meaning of punch the air

Verb

punch the air (third-person singular simple present punches the air, present participle punching the air, simple past and past participle punched the air)

  1. To do an air punch; to direct one's fist upward in joy or celebration.
    • There’s plenty of that here, not to mention crying as you laugh and, on at least one occasion, defiantly punching the air as you laugh, when a payoff that has long been coming finally arrives.2022 December 23, Jack Seale, “Motherland Christmas special review – you’ll laugh, gasp in shock ... then punch the air”, in The Guardian

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What is punches the air the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Punches the air is the third-person singular simple present indicative of punch the air.

Words near punches the air in the dictionary

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

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