punch out (something)

punch out (something)
punch out (something) 1. to press buttons or keys on a computer or other device.

In a panic, she grabbed her mobile phone and punched out 911.

You'd hand a page to the operator and write the next one while he was punching the first page out.

2. to press something hard to remove it from something larger of which it is a part.

The ceiling panel was punched out so workers could reach the wires above it.

First you have to cut along the lines of each piece with a razor blade, and then you can punch it out.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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