Leg Definition
To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
- A justifiable or logical basis for defense; support:
He doesn't have a leg to stand on in this debate.
- The act or an instance of assisting; a boost.
- A position of advantage; an edge:
We have a leg up on the competition.
- At the end of one's strength or resources; ready to collapse, fail, or die.
- to become assertive, belligerent, etc.
- to have absolutely no defense, excuse, or justification
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Leg
- a leg to stand on
- a leg up
- on (one's) last legs
- get up on one's hind legs
- not have a leg to stand on
- on one's last legs
- pull someone's leg
- shake a leg
- stretch one's legs
- take to one's legs
Origin of Leg
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From Middle English leg, from Old Norse leggr (“leg, calf, bone of the arm or leg, hollow tube, stalk"), from Proto-Germanic *lagjaz, *lagwijaz (“leg, thigh"), from Proto-Indo-European *(ǝ)lak-, *lÄ“k- (“leg; the main muscle of the arm or leg"). Cognate with Scots leg (“leg"), Icelandic leggur (“leg, limb"), Norwegian legg (“leg"), Swedish lägg (“leg, shank, shaft"), Danish læg (“leg"), Lombardic lagi (“thigh, shank, leg"), Latin lacertus (“limb, arm"), Persian لنگ (leng).
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old Norse leggr
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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