"punch someone's lights out" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1979 May 10, “NL Action is Wild and Woolly”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, retrieved 2015-11-12, page 45:",
          "text": "\"My intention was to punch his lights out,\" Parker said of Garber, \"but as I got closer to the mound, my faculties came back and I cooled off. I just him and asked him what was going on.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1980 July 17, Mike Steere, “Mediation Can Replace Lawsuits”, in Toledo Blade, retrieved 2015-11-12, page 18:",
          "text": "After nasty phone calls, curses hurled over the back fence, fist-shaking, and other attempts to impress him with your seriousness, you meet him at the supermarket, lose control, and punch his lights out.",
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          "ref": "2005 December 11, Terry Golway, “Jersey: Codey Can Now Bow Out With His Head Held High”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-11-12:",
          "text": "A Jersey Guy is a guy who does his duty and loves his family and will punch your lights out if you insult his wife.",
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        "To give someone a serious beating using one's fists; to punch someone until he or she is unconscious."
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        "(idiomatic) To give someone a serious beating using one's fists; to punch someone until he or she is unconscious."
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          "word": "put someone's lights out"
        }
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        {
          "word": "beat someone's brains out"
        },
        {
          "word": "beat to a pulp"
        },
        {
          "word": "knock someone's lights out"
        }
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        "(idiomatic) To give someone a serious beating using one's fists; to punch someone until he or she is unconscious."
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      "word": "beat someone's brains out"
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    {
      "word": "beat to a pulp"
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      "word": "knock someone's lights out"
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