outpunch
verb[T]
(alsoout-punch)uk/ˌaʊtˈpʌntʃ/us/ˌaʊtˈpʌntʃ/inboxing, topunch(=hitsomeone withyourclosedhand)harderor moreeffectivelythanyouropponent:
Heplansto outpunch andoutlasttheRussianin Saturday'sheavyweightworldtitleshowdown.
to bestrongeror moresuccessfulthan someoneelse:
He isprovingthat he can outpunch most of hispoliticalrivals.
- George Foreman outpunched Muhammad Ali for sevenrounds, only tofall,exhausted, in the eighth.
- From the firstbell, I outpunched him in every round.
- Theteamshouldeasilyout-punchtheiropponentsintermsofresources.
Hitting and beating
- at-risk
- bangsomeoneup
- basher
- bashing
- battered
- belabour
- brain
- bunch
- butt
- deck
- head-butt
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knocksomeone'sblock offidiom
- mess
- swing
- wallop
- whop
- whup