punch-out
/ˈpʌn(t)ʃaʊt/North American
noun
1A token redeemable at a company store, etc., given as payment to employees. Compare scrip. Now historical.
2A hole or perforation made by punching; a piece of material removed by punching a hole.
3A boxing match; a fist fight or brawl; = punch-up.
4 Baseball = strike-out.
adjective
Designating a cardboard or paper model, picture, or shape which is loosely attached to a surround so that it may be pressed out by hand, especially as a children's activity.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Acts State Tennessee. From punch + out.
- uptime
- up to
- up to a point
- up to date
- up to eleven
- up to mud
- up to no good
- up to one's armpits
- up to one's ears in
- up to one's elbows in
- up to one's neck in
- up to one's (old) tricks
- up top
- up to par
- up to putty
- up to scratch
- up to snuff
- up to speed
- (up) to the hilt
- up to the mark
- up to the minute
- up to the (or one's) eyeballs
- up to the (or one's) eyes (in)
- uptown
- uptowner