<span class="searchmatch">pull</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">punches</span> Originally from boxing. First use appears c. the 1920s. <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> <span class="searchmatch">punches</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">pulls</span> <span class="searchmatch">punches</span>, present participle...
<span class="searchmatch">pull</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">punches</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">pulls</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">punches</span>, present participle <span class="searchmatch">pulling</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">punches</span>, simple past and past participle...
<span class="searchmatch">pulling</span> <span class="searchmatch">punches</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> <span class="searchmatch">punches</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">pulled</span> <span class="searchmatch">punches</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> <span class="searchmatch">punches</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">pulls</span> <span class="searchmatch">punches</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> <span class="searchmatch">punches</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">pulling</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">punches</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">punches</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">pulled</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">punches</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">punches</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">pulls</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">punches</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">punches</span>...
IPA(key): /ʁə.t(ə).niʁ se ku/ retenir ses coups to <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">punches</span>, to <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> <span class="searchmatch">punches</span> Chiefly used in negative sentences: ne pas retenir ses coups....
the bag <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> out of the fire <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> out of the hat <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> <span class="searchmatch">punches</span> <span class="searchmatch">pull</span>-quote <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> short <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> short up <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> somebody's leg <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> someone down a peg <span class="searchmatch">pull</span> someone...