anonymous What does this sentence mean please? I doesn't mean anything. I can't see how you can punch your ticket for good.
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anonymousWhat does this sentence mean please?
I doesn't mean anything. I can't see how you can punch your ticket for good. For one thing, you don't normally punch your own ticket. The conductor does it. Also, "for good" means "permanently", and I don't see how a punch can be any more permanent than it always is. There are alternative meanings for "punch", "
In dictionaries you will find two related but somewhat contradictory definitions.
1.
punch one's ticket
a) deliberately undertake particular assignments that are likely to lead to promotion at work.
"Giles had punched his ticket at all the right stops within the journal"
b) (in sports) ensure one's progress to a further contest or tournament.
"in scoring 13 points,