pull punches

Verb
1. to criticise smth or smb just for effect or for show
2. to be not fully frank

1. It is a brutally funny novel which doesn't pull punches concerning Immigration Service.
2. Don't pull any punches! Tell me the truth!

by Dontmakemesad December 28, 2011

not pull any punches

To speak truthfully, without brown nosing or without being patronizing or without being sensitive and kind.

Susan did not pull any punches when she told Bobby what she thought of him running over her brother in the living room when Bobby was drunk and high on drugs and put the car in drive instead of reverse.

Yea, she tends to use a sledge hammer and nail to driver her point in.

I guess she figures it will stick to him that way.

by mlhiss May 12, 2008