Aug 7, 2013 · I read this sentence and I don't understand what "punch line" means here: Most people recognize this Amazon: Jeff Bezos's hyperproficient Borders-killer; one of the few dot-com initial public

Jul 16, 2019 · The writers put in a joke (almost always a pun), but never make or put in a Punch Line or explicit statement, hiding it in the set up of the joke. Some percentage of the audience will "get" the …

May 17, 2020 · Verbal rim shot, used by comics to drive home the punch line of a successfully delivered one-lines or, even more commonly, to act as a lift-support system for a gag that expires the instant it …

Apr 26, 2023 · The first part of the joke is the setup, a general question or observation which offers an opportunity to give the punchline in response. The joke is the setup and punchline combined, as …

Oct 5, 2021 · According to Ngram Cases of "you beat me to it" constitutes more than half of the cases of "you beat me to", but there are still a lot of other cases. You beat me to the punch You beat me to …

Oct 15, 2012 · What's a punchline in a paragraph? Is it the same as topic sentence, or is it a conclusion sentence? Can you provide a concrete example of punchline?

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Jan 8, 2021 · Everybody knows the iconic joke, which goes like this: Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 8 9. When I search 'why was 6 afraid of 7 etymology' my results are irrelevant, mostly explaining the …

Jun 20, 2015 · The reason to pull a punch is to avoid hurting someone accidentally, either because there are people in a general melee that you don't want to hurt or because (in a boxing match) you for …

Jun 12, 2012 · I just read about a guy that was beaten to the punch several times. I couldn't find a meaning of that using my dictionary or Google, so what does that mean?