Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [leg uhp]
- /lɛg ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [leg uhp]
- /lɛg ʌp/
Definitions of leg up words
- noun leg up either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body. 1
- noun leg up Anatomy. the lower limb of a human being from the knee to the ankle. 1
- noun leg up something resembling or suggesting a leg in use, position, or appearance. 1
- noun leg up the part of a garment that covers the leg: the leg of a stocking; trouser leg. 1
- noun leg up one of usually several, relatively tall, slender supports for a piece of furniture. 1
- noun leg up one of the sides of a forked object, as of a compass or pair of dividers. 1
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Origin of leg up
First appearance:
before 1225 One of the 9% oldest English words
1225-75; 1915-20 for def 10; Middle English < Old Norse leggr
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Parts of speech for Leg up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
leg up popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
leg up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for leg up
noun leg up
- gift — gamete intrafallopian transfer: a laparoscopic process in which eggs are retrieved from an ovary by aspiration and inserted, along with sperm, into the fallopian tube of another woman.
- service — Robert W(illiam) 1874–1958, Canadian writer, born in England.
- assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- subsidy — a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.
Antonyms for leg up
noun leg up
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- penalty — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.