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Topic: SPORT

punchbag

 noun
     
punch‧bag British English; punching bag American English [countable]
1DS a heavy leather bag hung from a rope, that is punched for exercise or training
2 a person who is hit, criticized strongly, or blamed, even though they have done nothing wrong:
a young wife whose husband used her as a punching bag
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