Meaning

3 senses
  1. The act of assisting another's progress over a wall or other obstacle by forming a step for one of their feet with one's hands.

    Räuberleiter

  2. (figuratively)A boost, a sudden improvement; an advantage, an edge.

  3. (figuratively)Assistance, help given to get started or overcome a problem or obstacle.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Could you give me a leg up here?

    Можеш допомогти мені у цьому?

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  2. I didn't know what made my leg swell up like that.

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  3. Lift your legs up.

    ruПодними ноги.

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  4. He flipped his right leg up over his motorbike.

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  5. This spider can have a leg span of up 6 inches.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
forming a step with one's hands:

Forms

plural: leg ups / legs up
Singularleg up
Pluralleg ups / legs up

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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