To avoid using a high level of force when punching.
To word something delicately to avoid giving offense or inciting anger.
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Nearby phrases
Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to pull punches
pull one's punchespull one's socks uppull one's weightpull oneself togetherpull oneself up by one's bootstrapspull outpull outpull outpull outpull out all the stopsPull out All the Stopspull out of one's asspull out of the firepull out of the hatpull overpull rankpull somebody's legpull someone down a pegpull someone's bacon out of the firepull someone's legpull stringsPull Stringspull teethpull teethpull the other legpull the other onepull the other one, it's got bells onpull the other one, it's got bells onpull the other one, it's got brass bell…pull the plug
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