punch-up
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of punch-up
1955–60; noun use of verb phrase punch ( it ) up
Example Sentences
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Beth Stelling and Zainab Johnson lead a punch-up group focused on joke structure, punchlines and tags.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
McCann is an entirely different story and the explanation for his punch-up wasn’t quite as compelling.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
From the first blow to the last, the party was exposed like never before, and the man who will take the blame threw in the towel last night after a verbal punch-up with party officers.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2021
After the Game One punch-up, I sat out the rest of the series.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019
But he has also come under fire for an apparent delay in informing JSA officials about last month’s punch-up.
From Reuters ● Nov. 21, 2017
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