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punch down

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punch something down
to press something down. Punch this lever down and then try to place your telephone call. Punch down this lever and push this button.
See also: punch
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Punch down, let set ten minutes, then shape and place in clay baker and let rise about another twenty minutes.
Creating Brick Oven Style Bread at Home with Clay Baker Cookware by Terry Retter / Food/cooking/nutrition community
That brought Flintoff to the crease and he got off the mark with a single to third man, but his next scoring shot was a punch down the ground for four off O'Brien.
Flintoff upstaged as Lancashire fall short by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
People have always doubted me and I have always faced adversity, but my rivals are the ones at a disadvantage because they have to punch down.
LOWESET TOPROVE ABIG HIT by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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