Meaning of one-two punch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A combination of two punches, one from each hand, thrown in rapid succession.
2. A rapid sequence or combination of two things that has a quick or powerful effect.
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Examples

“Fish + Broccoli The benefit: You can sock it to cancer with this one-two punch.”

“Products are increasingly differentiated by the one-two punch of crowd-sourced review and easy factual comparison.”

““We find that the end-Cretaceous mass extinction was caused by a combination of the volcanism and asteroid impact, delivering a theoretical ‘one-two punch’,” said study co-author Sierra Petersen of the University of Michigan, using boxing terminology.”

“A one-two punch of diet drugs and TikTok undermined one of the most trusted brands in fat loss, lawyers for WeightWatchers told a US bankruptcy judge, as the bankrupt company seeks to reorganise into a slimmer version of itself.”

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