punch something out

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˌpunch sthˈout derived
1. to press a combination of buttons or keys on a computer, telephone, etc
•He picked up the telephone and punched out his friend's number.
2. to make a hole in sth or knock sth out by hitting it very hard
•I felt as if all my teeth had been punched out.
3. to cut sth from paper, wood, metal, etc. with a special tool
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