Sunday punch
Americannoun
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Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
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anything, as an armed force, line of argument, etc., capable of inflicting a powerful blow on a hostile or opposing person or thing.
noun
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boxing a heavy blow intended to knock out one's opponent
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any manoeuvre or action intended to crush an opponent
Etymology
Origin of Sunday punch
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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The takeaway: During your driver fitting don’t just focus on the distance number you get with your Sunday punch.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 2, 2020
In the last days before Minnesota's Republican primary, Harold Stassen uncorked his Sunday punch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Durkin threw his Sunday punch, a letter of resignation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The simulated attack on a peaceful section of North Carolina will involve just about all the Sunday punch the U.S. can mobilize in the first critical hours after a cold war becomes hot.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rick rolled away from it, watching the left that was cocked for a Sunday punch.
From The Electronic Mind Reader by John Blaine
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