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
But even the best carrier fights effectively only as the well-protected Sunday punch of a task force.
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
In the last days before Minnesota's Republican primary, Harold Stassen uncorked his Sunday punch.
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 Blaine, John
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