Examples

6 sentences

  1. She wrapped her legs around him.

    ruОна обвила его ногами. — sharptoothed

    Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. He was moving his legs around.

    Lebensfreude · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. She wrapped her legs around his waist.

    Blabla · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic, slang)To hang around a person or place to suck up to them, to lobby them or to otherwise get special treatment.

Forms

legs around, legging around, legged around, legged around

irregular

Base formleg around · to leg around
3rd person singularlegs around
Present participlelegging around
Past simplelegged around
Past participlelegged around

Tenses

leg around · legged around · will leg around · have legged around

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyleg around
he, she, itlegs around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave legged around
he, she, ithas legged around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill leg around

Past simpleLesson

all personslegged around

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
leftylegA1legacyC1legalB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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