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PUNCH OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does punch out mean?
• PUNCH OUT (verb)
The verb PUNCH OUT has 1 sense:
1. register one's departure from work
Familiarity information: PUNCH OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Register one's departure from work
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
clock off; clock out; punch out
Hypernyms (to "punch out" is one way to...):
report (announce one's presence)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
punch in (register one's arrival at work)
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