Usually means: Holding back full force intentionally.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word pulling punches:

General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulling punches: Merriam-Webster
  2. Pulling Punches: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. pulling punches: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulling punches: Legal dictionary
  2. pulling punches: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pulling punches: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pulling punches: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pulling punches: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulling punches, Pulling Punches: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Pulling Punches)

noun:  "Pulling Punches" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Sylvian.


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