make weight

make weight

To be within the minimum and maximum weight limits designated for one's group of competitors in a particular sporting event. Used especially in boxing and wrestling. When I wrestled in high school, I was constantly counting my calories to make sure I made weight each week in time for competition.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

make weight

Sports To weigh within the limits stipulated for an athletic contest.
See also: make, weight
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • (one's) jollies
  • be remembered as (something)
  • be remembered as/for something
  • be remembered for (something)
  • (from) top to toe
  • at the end of (one's) fingertips
  • ball and chain
  • a ball and chain
  • at (one's) fingertips
  • at one's fingertips
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CARL FRAMPTON suspects Josh Warrington is accusing him of struggling to make weight because he is having his own problems.
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Beach(ed) body