punch in
verb
punched in; punching in; punches in
: to record the time of one's arrival or beginning work by punching a time clock
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At key moments, the camera punches in to tender exchanges of touch that are, at once, sudden and inevitable.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, West Virginia
New River Gorge National Park packs an adventurous punch in its svelte 73,000 acres, protecting 53 miles of the class IV New River and the steep, rocky gorge around it.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
Ortega scored a nasty KO win after a knee and follow-up punches in 2016.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The victim was first punched in the face and then slashed in the face.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, West Virginia
New River Gorge National Park packs an adventurous punch in its svelte 73,000 acres, protecting 53 miles of the class IV New River and the steep, rocky gorge around it.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
Ortega scored a nasty KO win after a knee and follow-up punches in 2016.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The victim was first punched in the face and then slashed in the face.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Punch in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch%20in. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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