punch someone's lights out

punch someone's lights out
Vrb phrs. To beat up someone.

English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.

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  • punch someone's lights out — punch/put/someone’s lights out informal phrase to hit someone very hard in the face Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym Main entry: light * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • punch someone's lights out — punch (someone s) lights out informal to hit someone hard again and again. He wouldn t shut up so I punched his lights out …   New idioms dictionary

  • punch someone’s lights out — tv. to knock someone out; to close someone’s eyes with a hard blow. □ Shut up, or I’ll punch your lights out. □ He threatened to punch my lights out. CD You want me to punch out your lights? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • punch someone's lights out — beat someone up. → lights …   English new terms dictionary

  • put someone's lights out — punch/put/someone’s lights out informal phrase to hit someone very hard in the face Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym Main entry: light …   Useful english dictionary

  • punch lights out — punch (someone s) lights out informal to hit someone hard again and again. He wouldn t shut up so I punched his lights out …   New idioms dictionary

  • punch someone out — tv. to knock someone out. (See also punch someone’s lights out.) □ He threatened to punch me out. CD The thug punched out the cop and ran down an alley …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • lights — plural noun the lungs of sheep, pigs, or bullocks as food for pets. Phrases punch someone s lights out beat someone up. Origin ME: use of light2 as a noun (so named because of their lightness); cf. lung. lights a person s opinions, standards, and …   English new terms dictionary

  • punch — punch1 [ pʌntʃ ] verb transitive * 1. ) to hit someone or something with your FIST (=closed hand), usually as hard as you can: Two men punched him, knocking him to the ground. She punched her pillow angrily. a ) to press a button or switch: David …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • punch out — phrasal verb Word forms punch out : present tense I/you/we/they punch out he/she/it punches out present participle punching out past tense punched out past participle punched out American 1) [intransitive/transitive] to clock off 2) punch someone …   English dictionary

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