"punch down" meaning in All languages combined

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      "form": "punched down",
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "punch up"
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          "word": "punchdown"
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        {
          "ref": "2021 January 30, Nick Cohen, “Anti-vaxxers posing as victims has a history. Look at Andrew Wakefield”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "The anti-vaxx movement punches down and punches hard. Its leaders tend to be men and women from wealthy backgrounds. […] They draw a large part of their audience from the poor, the poorly educated and ethnic minorities.",
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        "To attack or target a group that is weaker or of lower status than oneself."
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        "(intransitive, slang) To attack or target a group that is weaker or of lower status than oneself."
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see punch, down."
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          "punch",
          "punch#English"
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        [
          "down",
          "down#English"
        ]
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        "third-person"
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    {
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    {
      "form": "punched down",
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        "(intransitive, slang) To attack or target a group that is weaker or of lower status than oneself."
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see punch, down."
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