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  1. one-two punchnoun

    A combination of two punches, one from each hand, thrown in rapid succession

  2. one-two punchnoun

    A rapid sequence of two things that has a quick effect

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of one-two punch in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of one-two punch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of one-two punch in a Sentence

  1. Daniel Wu:

    We're being smashed in as a one-two punch. There's low-level petty crime that's happening to our community. We're being targeted as easy targets, but at a bigger scale, racist rhetoric from the pandemic has targeted us as being' the reason for coronavirus,' and so Asians across the board have been targeted by racial slurs, being attacked, being pushed around, being spat on.

  2. Debra Kaplan:

    It is so traumatic and can eclipse the sexual betrayal. It's a one-two punch. It becomes very problematic because [ you ] didn't know.

  3. Alan Gayle:

    A negative number is scary for the market, it was something of a one-two punch between the trade-deficit report and higher interest rates that began overseas.

  4. Mark Serreze:

    While it's inevitable that Arctic rainfall will increase as the climate warms, rains are also likely to become more intense, it's a nasty one-two punch to an ecosystem already reeling in the face if rapid environmental change.

  5. Alan Gayle:

    It was something of a one-two punch between the trade-deficit report and higher interest rates that began overseas.

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