Buzzword Adjectives & Filler · Managing Director level

"Punch above our weight"

To "punch above our weight" means to achieve results or win deals that are normally out of reach for a company of your size.

Say this instead: outperform our size

How "Punch above our weight" shows up at work

Small teams love this phrase because it reframes limited resources as scrappiness rather than constraint. It appears most often in investor updates and new-hire onboarding decks, where it does the job of making everyone feel good about not having a budget.

Buzzword

For a 12-person team, we consistently Punch above our weight in enterprise sales.

Plain English

For a 12-person team, we consistently outperform our size in enterprise sales.

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