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What does it mean if someone is 'punching' when dating someone?

It means they're punching above their weight

It's derived from an expression that relates to the sport of Boxing. Boxing is separated into different weight classes. Light weight, middle weight, heavy weight, etc. It's so you don't have a 6'5 250 lb guy fight a 5'7 165 lb guy. If they're so good at their class that they can compete in the weight class above them, despite the disadvantage of weight class - such as a lightweight fighter that is competitive against middle weight fighters - they say he's "punching above his weight / class". Meaning he's capable of being more competitive than you'd think he should be.

In the dating world, it's meant to refer to when two people are together, but people assume that one of the people would generally be "out of the league" of the other person.

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What's made you ask this question lad

Ok

It doesn't usually mean anything to the people involved with each other

It's usually what some people might say when they're judging a relationship or sometimes it's just purely banter