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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a single punch" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe one instance of striking someone or something with a fist, often in the context of boxing or fighting.
Example: "With a single punch, he knocked his opponent out cold."
Alternatives: "one punch" or "a lone strike".
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The accountability review board did not pull a single punch.
If it looked like momentary progress, it was all undone with a single punch.
A single punch can turn him into a wailing, gibbering, trembling wretch......
The joke with the blocky graphics is only a single punch line.
One can kill an enemy with a single punch, but can't pick up dropped weapons.
What's the biggest animal you could knock out with a single punch?
With a single punch from David's blind side, a boy drove his head into the floor.
Dan Henderson also knocked out Michael Bisping with a single punch in a middleweight upset.
Unlike the lipstick itself, which in Rouge Coco Hydrating Crème 05 (£21, 020 7493 3836) pulls not a single punch.
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This formulation was scaled-up using two tablet presses, a single-punch press and a rotary mini tablet press.
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