Punching-bag
noun
1.
an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
2.
Informal. a person serving as an object of abuse; scapegoat:
I told him that I wasn’t going to be a punching bag for anyone.
noun phrase
A target; butt; whipping boy; scapegoat: Milken has come to be regarded as a handy punching bag for everything that went wrong in the 1980s (1980s+)
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