hitting the punching bag
- noun
:
golpear el saco de boxeo
- The gym provides great facilities for hitting the punching bag, which helps improve your technique.
Examples
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Afterward, Moon always went home and put on his gloves and hit the punching bag Buster gave him and pretended he was Buster.
Fiction book (1990) -
She enjoys hitting the punching bag to release her stress after a long day.
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As part of his training regimen, he practices hitting the punching bag for at least an hour each week.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sport in which two people hit each other with their fists while wearing gloves
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4.7
A heavy repeated hitting sound, like drums or rain
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2.8
A series of hard hits against something, often loud and strong
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4.4
An act of hitting one thing against another, often with force
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4.8
Hitting someone or something very hard, often with a fist
1
4.6
A quick hard hit with an open hand that makes a sharp sound
How Vigorous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'hitting' (striking) combined with 'the punching bag' (a bag used for punching) directly yields the activity of striking that bag for exercise or training. This event-denoting noun phrase follows a common English pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Hitting the punching bag gives a clear picture: you are hitting a heavy, padded punching bag to practice punches or to let out strong feelings. Because people can imagine their problems on the bag and feel calmer after, the phrase often means 'stress relief' or part of 'exercise' and 'training'.