Usage of "punching bag"

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Bag designed to be repeatedly punched.

Términos relacionados

A person who is continually target of mean jokes and/or bad treatment and towards whom anger is directed.

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Examples for "whipping boy"

Examples for "whipping boy"

The NRA is reluctant to become a whipping boy for Government failures. 
 The Irish Times 

Not to mention being Sadie's whipping boy, he confessed, his voice harsh. 
 Darkness unleashed 

Yet he's become a whipping boy as election day approaches. 
 Wired 

I know why he suffered through being Warner's whipping boy. 
 Shatter Me 

Unsurprisingly, Trenberth is a favorite whipping boy for climate skeptics. 
 Wired 

Uso de punching bag en inglés

I walked over to the heavy punching bag and started hitting it. 
 My Fight/Your Fight 

I just don't like seeing a kid used as a punching bag. 
 Running scared 

I'll need to find a new hobby, a new punching bag. 
 Within arm's reach 

Someone's used this kid as a punching bag for a very long time. 
 Monday Mourning 

Baron Waqa accused the foreign media of using Nauru as a punching bag. 
 Radio NZ 

The town bully seemed to want to use Jon as a punching bag. 
 Running scared 

He also has been a favorite punching bag for Trump and House Republicans. 
 Reuters 

June let out all of her aggression on the punching bag. 
 Armadillo Fists 

Now he is a punching bag for those in pain who want answers. 
 News.com.au 

No, but I'll probably go a hundred rounds with the punching bag tomorrow. 
 Midnight hero 

This acts as a punching bag to absorb the tremendous energy. 
 Wired 

He was seething, apparently in desperate need of a punching bag. 
 Money to burn: a novel of suspense 

A punching bag of battered red leather hung chained from a wooden beam. 
 Winter’s Bone 

Run over and harden your funny-bone on the punching bag. 
 The High School Pitcher; or, Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond 

The boy at the punching bag was a tall, big-boned youth, named Lew Flapp. 
 The Rover Boys in Camp; or, The Rivals of Pine Island 

He also been a favorite punching bag for House Republicans. 
 Reuters 

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