KO punch
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5.8
- noun
- /keɪ oʊ pʌnʧ/
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golpe de KO
- In the final round, he scored a decisive KO punch, winning the fight and the championship title.
Examples
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Big Show hits the KO Punch out of nowhere for the win.
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Big Show takes advantage of Kane being distracted and hits a KO Punch.
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Show setting up for the KO punch on Bryan, but Kane stands in front to protect his tag team partner.
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Khali grabs Show for the choke slam, but Show responds with punches to the ribs, and then he connects with the KO punch, and Show gets the three count.
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The boxer delivered a powerful KO punch that left his opponent unable to continue the match.
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The crowd erupted when she landed a stunning KO punch, ending the fight in just the second round.
Synonyms
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3.9
A punch that makes someone unconscious and unable to continue
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5.3
A blow that knocks the other fighter unconscious and ends the match
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8.1
A very strong punch meant to knock someone out
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3.6
A hit that makes the other fighter unable to continue, often ending the match
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9.9
A single punch that knocks an opponent unconscious
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8.3
A very strong punch in boxing meant to knock someone out
How Hard
Surface Forms
Morphology
Given that 'KO' means a strike that renders an opponent unconscious and 'punch' is a blow with a closed fist, a B1 learner who knows both constituents can directly infer 'a punch that causes a knockout.' The noun–noun compositional pattern is straightforward and follows normal English modifier logic, so the meaning is fully derivable from the parts.
Etymology
KO punch comes from boxing: KO is short for 'knockout', and a punch that makes an opponent fall and be unable to continue ends the fight, so the phrase means 'a hard punch that knocks someone out'.