Sunday punch

Sunday punch
1. Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, esp. the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
2. anything, as an armed force, line of argument, etc., capable of inflicting a powerful blow on a hostile or opposing person or thing.
[1930-35]

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