punch-up

How to use punch-up in a sentence

• The conflict is much bigger than just a punch-up between a gang of New York bibliophiles.

  America's Public Library Crisis: Who’s Reading the Books? | Jon Reiner | May 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

• Punch up the men a little in the matter of cultivating cleanly habits, etc.

  Happiness and Marriage | Elizabeth (Jones) Towne

• He brought a roundhouse punch up under his opponent's guard and felt it smack solidly against ribs.

  The Electronic Mind Reader | John Blaine

• I hed been prutty posperous,—hed got past hevin' to ride in a caboose 'nd git out at every stop to punch up the steers.

  A Little Book of Profitable Tales | Eugene Field

• We'd stick holes and plant corn and when it come up we'd punch up the dirt round it.

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. | Work Projects Administration