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leg

noun

1 he broke his leg in a soccer match:

lower limb, shank;

limb, member;

technical crus;

informal stump, peg, pin.

2 a gilded table leg:

upright, support, prop, brace, underpinning, column.

3 the first leg of a European tour:

part, stage, portion, segment, section, bit, phase, stretch, lap, step, installment;

passage, subdivision, subsection, juncture.

□ give someone a leg up

parents want to give their kids a leg up in the world:

help/assist someone, act as someone's support, give someone assistance, lend someone a helping hand, come to someone's aid;

give someone a boost, boost, advance, raise, kick-start, give someone a flying start.

□ on its last legs

1 your car looked as though it was on its last legs:

dilapidated, worn out, rickety, about to break, about to fall apart, about to collapse.

▷antonyms in good condition.

2 a foundry business that was on its last legs:

about to fail, failing, about to go bankrupt, near to ruin, going to the wall;

informal going bust, going down the toilet.

▷antonyms thriving.

□ pull someone's leg

it's all right, Robbie, I was only pulling your leg:

tease, rag, make fun of, chaff, trick, joke with, play a joke on, play a trick on, play a practical joke on, taunt, jest;

hoax, fool, deceive, misguide, lead on, hoodwink, dupe, beguile, gull;

informal kid, have on, rib, wind up, take for a ride, lead up the garden path, take the mickey out of, make a monkey out of;

North American, informal put on.

□ stretch one's legs

after two days on the bus we were glad of the chance to stretch our legs:

go for a walk, take a walk, go for a stroll, walk, stroll, move around, promenade, get some exercise, get some air, take the air.

verb

□ leg itBritish, informal

1 if the dog starts growling, leg it!:

run away, run, flee, make off, make a break for it, escape, hurry, decamp;

informal hightail it, hotfoot it, make a run for it, make tracks, cut and run, skedaddle, vamoose, show a clean pair of heels, split, scoot, scram, hook it;

British, informal scarper, do a runner, have it away (on one's toes), get cracking, get a move on.

▷antonyms stay.

2 I am part of a sales team legging it around Boston:

walk, march, tramp, trek, trudge, plod, wander, ramble, go on foot;

informal go on Shanks's pony.

word links	leg
crural relating to a leg