punch-up
- noun
- /ˈpʌnʧ ʌp/
- Jargon
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revisión
- Like work on punching up bits that were not funny yet or work on story elements that had like plot holes in them.
One guy came in and he had actually gotten a couple of of jobs, you know, doing small little rewrites and he had done some punch up stuff for comedies.
- One guy came in and he had actually gotten a couple of of jobs, you know, doing small little rewrites and he had done some punch up stuff for comedies.
Examples
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During the rehearsal, the director asked the team to do a quick punch-up of the script to enhance the humor.
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Damon wanted me to bring the writer out, so I had to sit there and punch up what he wrote.
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OK, so if you wanted to punch up some of the highlights, you can add some of the white.
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OK, so if you wanted to punch up some of the highlights, you can add some of the white.
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Damon wanted me to bring the writer out, so I had to sit there and punch up what he wrote.
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Oh, and so and and you know, you could you could you could punch up a story and you didn't have that Dick at the lunch table going.
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One guy came in and he had actually gotten a couple of of jobs, you know, doing small little rewrites and he had done some punch up stuff for comedies.
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One guy came in and he had actually gotten a couple of of jobs, you know, doing small little rewrites and he had done some punch up stuff for comedies.
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After reviewing the first draft, the comedy writer planned a punch-up session to add more jokes.
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The writer attended a punch-up meeting to refine the dialogue before the show's premiere.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Punch-up used for writing or comedy comes from punch 'impact', the idea of giving something more energy, so a punch-up is a session to make lines and jokes hit harder and be funnier.
