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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 workplay

  Familiarity information: PUNCH OUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PUNCH OUT (verb)


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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