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punching someone's lights out

punching someone's lights out is the present participle and gerund 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 punching someone's lights out

What is punching someone's lights out the present participle and gerund of?
Punching someone's lights out is the present participle and gerund of punch someone's lights out.

Words near punching someone's lights out in the dictionary

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

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