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hit above one's weight

verb

hit above one's weight is a verb meaning “Alternative form of punch above one's weight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-I-T-A-B-O-V-E-O-N-E-S-W-E-I-G-H-T.

What does hit above one's weight mean?

verb

  1. 1

    Alternative form of punch above one's weight.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce hit above one's weight?

  • Australia

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-hit_above_one's_weight.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of hit above one's weight

  • hits above one's weight present, singular, he/she/it
  • hitting above one's weight participle, present

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with hit above one's weight

Also written: punch above one's weight.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).