punch in
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Also, . Check in at a job upon arrival, as in You have to punch in or you won't get paid , or In this office no one has to punch a clock . This usage alludes to the use of a time clock, which has a button an employee punches or strikes to record the time of arrival on a card. [1920s] Also see punch out , def. 1.
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Keyboard data into a computer, as in He was careful about punching in all the payments . [Mid-1900s]
Example Sentences
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As the quote attributed to Mike Tyson goes: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the nose.
From Los Angeles Times
If everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face, England have taken a haymaker and kept their plans intact.
From BBC
Comer pulled few punches in his own letter of resignation to fellow trustees, also obtained by The Times.
From Los Angeles Times
Jackson punched in a second-quarter touchdown to put the Trojans on the board.
From Los Angeles Times
"That would have been a big punch in the solar plexus for Brennan," says Blake.
From BBC
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