"We are beginning to punch our weight on the ground, " a No 10 spokeswoman said.
Or to punch its weight in diplomacy, peacekeeping or in international trade talks?
The economic giant will start to punch its weight - though carefully.
That doesn't happen here, for Mr. Muse has gone to enormous and gratifying trouble to surround him with actors who can punch his weight.
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It has to become more competitive, better integrate immigrants, reform welfare, reverse plummeting birth rates and learn to punch its weight on the world stage.
And most developing-world banks are keen to punch their weight internationally but are painfully aware of the gruesome mistakes made by Western and Japanese firms abroad.
He believes the Parliament lacks the self-confidence to punch its weight and says it needs "to be a little bit more citizen-friendly and little bit more open".
It might not be the first word to come to mind, but he defended Hilary Swank's right to punch her weight in the Academy Award-winning "Million Dollar Baby, " and he has regularly cast strong, smart actresses in his films, women like Marcia Gay Harden, Frances Fisher, Diane Venora, Sondra Locke and Laura Linney.
Here, too, the recent deals punch below their weight compared to the historical average of 96%.
But ASEAN has helped South-East Asia, sandwiched between India and China, punch above its weight.
They consistently punch above their weight on a whole range of issues related to global security.
But like the UK and France, Poland has military punch above its weight and is an important ally.
Or shop around to see how the brand can punch above its weight?
If the Internet hyper-empowers small groups of people, enabling them to punch above their weight, it also hyper-exposes them.
Mr Museveni found that in taking on the southern African states, he was trying to punch above his weight.
In real life, boxers who punch above their weight tend to get flattened, but leave this detail aside: the good citizenship argument is not self-evidently foolish.
To see how the FN can punch above its weight beyond its natural strongholds, take a closer look at Marine Le Pen's foot soldiers in Rochefort.
Each time we look at the medal table, we are encouraged to believe that we still have the capacity to punch above our weight in the world.
That said the "Virgin" brand has tended to punch above its weight - and, actually, the "Northern Rock" brand has also had clout, even since it fell into the morass.
NGOs are small players who seek to punch above their weight because of the urgency of the issues and the levels of suffering and poverty we encounter in our daily work.
It turns out it's all about what economists call "agglomeration" - linking businesses and others kinds of economic activity together in such a way that they can start to punch above their weight.
Since Britain deems itself good at warfare, joining in American-led operations such as the recapture of Kuwait and peacekeeping in Bosnia is held to enable Britain to punch above its weight in world affairs.
There was a solid Lib Dem turnout against - they mobilised 62 of a possible 91 peers, confirming the powerful party discipline which has always allowed them to punch above their weight in the Lords.
And they will punch above their weight.
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This is just the latest in a series of ground-breaking procedures to be performed at Craigavon and is further proof that district general hospitals in Northern Ireland often punch above their weight when it comes to research and development and embracing new technologies.
Blockbuster films that have global appeal enable brands to punch way above their weight.
In the second row Tom Palmer brings the weight and punch that will be needed to get England on the front foot.
His great skill wasn't his strength - though he never took a backwards step and could punch as hard as anyone of his weight - it was his stamina.
"He's got the height advantage, the weight advantage, the reach advantage and he barely threw a punch, " he said.
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