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noun
Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
anything, as an armed force, line of argument, etc., capable of inflicting a powerful blow on a hostile or opposing person or thing.
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Origin of Sunday punch
First recorded in 1930â35
Words nearby Sunday punch
Sunday clothes, Sunday driver, Sunday-go-to-meeting, Sunday Morning, Sunday painter, Sunday punch, Sundays, Sunday school, Sunday supplement, sun deck, sunder
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British Dictionary definitions for Sunday punch
Sunday punch
noun informal, mainly US
boxing a heavy blow intended to knock out one's opponent
any manoeuvre or action intended to crush an opponent
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