pull one's punches

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pull one's punches (third-person singular simple present pulls one's punches, present participle pulling one's punches, simple past and past participle pulled one's punches)

1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of pull punches
   • 2016, Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait, →ISBN, page 84:

     Eleanor and I tolerated each other most of the time, but she never pulled her punches