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PunchboardA book-size laminated paper 1'/2 inch thick board with 25 to 200 drilled holes in surface. Holes contain 'accordion-fold', numbered kite-paper which when 'punched-out of board' with small PUNCH-tool may reveal a 'winning-chance number': Winning Numbers posted on board. Variety of Valuable prizes is predetermined by cost of a single 'PUNCH': Win! Box Candy, jewelry, trinkets, appliances, tools, flashlights et al:Rate it:
punched paperA thing looking good to one person, but bad to another.Rate it:
punk outTo give up or cravenly abandon something difficult.Rate it:
punk outTo treat as a punk.Rate it:
pure and simplePlain and unadorned.Rate it:
pure as the driven snowextremely pure; totally pure (typically "pure" in the sense of "virtuous").Rate it:
pure finderSomeone who collected dog faeces for sale to tanneries (which used it as a siccative for bookbinding leather). Undertaken by old women in Britain in the 18th century. (Reference: Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore, 1987, paperback 1996 ISBN 1-86046-150-6 chapter 1 page 21.)Rate it:
pure finderUsed other than as an idiom: see pure, finder.Rate it:
purely and simplyIn a pure and simple manner.Rate it:
purple proseExtravagant or flowery writing, especially in a literary work.Rate it:
purple stateSomewhat whimsical synonym for swing state. (In the modern United States) a state that may support the Democratic or Republican Party (purple states, states that vote for Democratic or Republican Party in general, being red states in some given elections and blue states in other given elections).Rate it:
purple youTo love and trust each otherRate it:
push aboutTo treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bullyRate it:
push against an open doorTo do something pointless or unnecessary; to try doing something already done.Rate it:
push aroundTo treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bullyRate it:
push forwardTo continue to act or do something, especially with a lot of effortRate it:
push forwardTo reschedule for an earlier date.Rate it:
push into jump the queueRate it:
push itTo make an extraordinary or risky effort; to behave in a way which tests the limits; to expect too much.Rate it:
push offTo go away; to get lost.Rate it:
push offto commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.Rate it:
push offTo delay, postpone, put off, push back.Rate it:
push onTo persist; persevere.Rate it:
push one's luckTo take an excessive risk or to attempt some task unlikely to succeed, especially after having already been unexpectedly lucky.Rate it:
push outTo force to leave a group.Rate it:
push outTo extrude.Rate it:
push pastTo rudely force one's way in front of another.Rate it:
push pastTo force a conversation or situation to continue after an awkward interruption.Rate it:
push someone's buttonsTo do specific things to anger someone (less commonly, sexually arouse or otherwise elicit a strong reaction), especially intentionally or maliciously.Rate it:
push the boat outTo do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.Rate it:
push the envelopeTo go beyond established limits; to pioneer.Rate it:
push throughto overcome by force or willpowerRate it:
push throughTo force to be passedRate it:
push underTo hide or repressRate it:
push upTo arise or jut out from; to thrust from.Rate it:
push up daisiesTo be dead.Rate it:
pushing up daisiesDead.Rate it:
pussy outto fail to do something because of cowardiceRate it:
put a damper onTo stop people from enjoying an activity.Rate it:
put a foot wrongTo make a mistake.Rate it:
put a gun to someone's headTo compel someone; to create a situation in which someone has no alternative course of action.Rate it:
put a lid on itTo be quiet; shut up; to stop talking about something or making noise.Rate it:
put a sock in itTo be quiet; to shut one's mouth; to stop talking.Rate it:
put a stop toTo terminate or abolish something.Rate it:
put aboutTo change direction.Rate it:
put acrossTo explain or state something clearly and understandably.Rate it:
put acrossTo perform a theatrical production.Rate it:
put all one's eggs in one basketRather than diversifying.Rate it:
put an end toTo terminate or abolish something.Rate it:
put asideTo ignore or intentionally forget something, temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can have one's attention.Rate it:

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