"hit above one's weight" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-hit above one's weight.ogg [Australia] Forms: hits above one's weight [present, singular, third-person], hitting above one's weight [participle, present], hit above one's weight [participle, past], hit above one's weight [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> above one's weight}} hit above one's weight (third-person singular simple present hits above one's weight, present participle hitting above one's weight, simple past and past participle hit above one's weight)
  1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of punch above one's weight Tags: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Alternative form of: punch above one's weight
    Sense id: en-hit_above_one's_weight-en-verb-~lNGcJ3F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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