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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. punch-up, punch up: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. punch-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. punch-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. punch-up, punch-up: Collins English Dictionary
  5. punch-up: Vocabulary.com
  6. punch-up: Wordnik
  7. punch-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. punch-up, punch up: Wiktionary
  9. punch-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. punch-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. punch-up, punch up: Dictionary.com
  12. punch-up: Rhymezone
  13. punch-up: Free Dictionary
  14. punch-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. punch-up: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. punch up: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. punch up: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. Punch up, punch-up: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (punch up)

verb:  (transitive) To beat (someone) up by punching, to fist-fight.
verb:  (intransitive, slang) To attack or target a group of greater power or status than oneself.
verb:  (transitive) To make bolder, zestier, or more exciting.
verb:  (transitive, television) To switch (a source) into the main transmission.
noun:  Misspelling of punch-up. [(informal) A fight with the fists.]

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