punch out

1. (transitive)To repeatedly hit a person.

2. (transitive)To hit a person so that they become unconscious (knocked out).

   I'm going to punch out that SOB and leave him lying on the ground bleeding.

3. (transitive)To use a punch to remove a piece of material or to remove a piece already scored.

   I spent all day punching out the die cut decals.

4. (US, intransitive)To leave a workplace by punching a timecard.

   I'm going to punch out a bit early today.

5. (intransitive)To leave a workplace.

6. (intransitive)To eject from an airplane.

   With the engine on fire he had to punch out and hit the silk.

7. (intransitive, transitive)To extract data from a computer by the use of a keyboard.

8. (transitive)To rule (by an umpire) that a pitch is a called third strike, often done emphatically.

   The ump punched out the batter with relish to close out the game.

9. (transitive)To throw a called third strike; to strike (someone) out.

   Jones punched out the batter to start in the sixth.

1. Yanni left the store without punching out.

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2. Tom's corpse punched its arm out of the grave.

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3. I'll punch your lights out!

   ruЯ тебе мозги вышибу! — Hellerick

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4. "The punch knocked me out." "Whose punch?" "Nobody's. The drink did that."

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irregular

• punch upTo beat (someone) up by punching, to fist-fight.
• punch outTo repeatedly hit a person.
• punch inTo enter a workplace by punching a timecard.
• punch downTo attack or target a group that is weaker or of lower status than oneself.