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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pull one's punches en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, idiomatic) Alternative form of pull punches.
    • Eleanor and I tolerated each other most of the time, but she never pulled her punches 2016, Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait, →ISBN, page 84:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pulls one's punches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pulled one's punches Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pulled one's punches Tense=Past lexicographic
pulling one's punches Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic