leg it
Example Sentences
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Some flabby offshoot that had nothing to do with the leg it was attached to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Porzingis took a couple awkward steps — favoring his left leg, it seemed — after that incident, limping a bit but remained in the game.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
“When an able-bodied runner gets passed by someone on one leg, it changes their perception of what the disabled can do,” Mr. Traum told CNN in 2012.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Although a disk herniation definitely can be a possible cause of pain irradiating in the leg, it is only rarely a cause of local back pain.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 21, 2023
If I tried to leg it, there'd be a foxhunt through the village with Wilcox as the hunt master and me as the fox.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
