sucker punching

verb

Definition of sucker punchingnext
present participle of sucker punch
as in knocking down

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucker punching
  1. pushing
  2. dumping
  3. stabbing
  4. kicking
  5. slashing
  6. switching
  7. bumping
  8. jabbing
Verb
  • This is not a new development in New Orleans where the Saints have been pushing their costs into the future for years now.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • With the MacBook Air launching earlier than the iPhone SE and ahead of the next Apple Intelligence update, this points to a press release launch and Apple pushing its consumer laptops further into the background.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of pushing
Verb
  • As the year winds down, so does investors’ practice of dumping their biggest losers late in the year to realize capital losses and then use them to offset capital gains and save on taxes.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Swapping him for an expiring pitcher or just dumping his salary would be best for the Yankees.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of dumping
Verb
  • The killer wanted for stabbing a father of three to death at a Brooklyn bodega bought a cup of coffee inside before throwing it in the victim’s face in the fight leading up to the slay, shocking video shows.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • That’s when Webb grabbed a hammer and hit Wilson in the head, the source said, but that wasn’t enough to stop him from stabbing her multiple times in the chest and back, mortally wounding her.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of stabbing
Verb
  • But the reprieve is only temporary, kicking decisions down the road and likely setting up additional conflict when the next Congress, under slim Republican majorities, takes office.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
  • With that in mind, the Dodgers should at least continue kicking the tires on possibly acquiring Bichette.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of kicking
Verb
  • The plan was implemented after several high-profile incidents occurred on the city's subway system, including a deadly shooting that broke out on an elevated train platform and a train conductor who was injured in a slashing attack.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • For both types of validators, slashing costs will drop majorly.
    Amor Sexton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of slashing
Verb
  • Medications Talk with your provider about switching medications, especially if your current prescription is the culprit.
    Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Starting with him all depressed, doing a team-up, switching sides, going through this whole emotional journey with his grandfather, and everything that that entails as well.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of switching
Verb
  • The galley kitchen is wide enough to allow a chef and helpers to work without bumping into each other.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The meme stock games that began in 2021 are stretched, the artificial intelligence bubble is bumping into realities, and the hundreds of walking dead companies are stumbling towards oblivion.
    John S. Tobey, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of bumping
Verb
  • Companies perfected the art of evasion, leaving us jabbing the zero key like a deranged woodpecker just to talk to someone with a pulse.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Unfortunately, too many creditors will simply start jabbing at hard assets and one-time bank account levies without seeing the enormous pot of gold in front of them in the debtor's revenue streams.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of jabbing
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sucker punching

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