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sucker punch
sucker punch
An unexpected blow, as in They felt that suddenly raising the interest rate was a sucker punch to the administration. This expression comes from boxing, where it is used for a punch delivered unexpectedly; boxing great Jack Dempsey wrote, "The right lead [for a right-handed boxer] is called a sucker punch." [Slang; mid-1900s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Hani | | - | Arabic |
Yuudai | | yoo:-dah-ee | Japanese |
Jaya | | - | Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi |
Riikka | | REE:K-kah | Finnish |
Jescha | | - | Biblical |
Vickers | | ['vikəz] | |