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Phrasal Verbs / PHRASA~1

Punch out & punches out punching out punched out punched out

1. punch ... out p.v. When you leave your workplace and put your time card in the time clock to record the time you have left, you punch out.

Sally's not at work; she punched out at 5:08. Jim usually forgets, so his boss punches him out.

punched out part.adj. When you are punched out, you are not at your workplace, or if you are there, you are off duty and not being paid.

The manager asked why I wasn't working, and I told him I was punched out.

put out