I have a leg up on Walter when it comes to getting around town, since I have a car.
•I want to practice indoors all winter and get a leg up on Ken, since he thinks he can beat me at tennis.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
(a) leg up on someone — a leg up (on (someone/something)) an advantage over someone or something. The new rules give businesses here a leg up on competition from other countries … New idioms dictionary
have a leg up on someone — have a leg up on (someone) American to have an advantage over someone else. She probably has a leg up on the other applicants for the job because she has more experience … New idioms dictionary
have a leg up on someone — tv. to have an advantage over someone; to be ahead of someone. (Have got can replace have.) □ Pete has a leg up on Wilbur because of his hysical strength. □ I don’t have a leg up on anyone. I’m a loser … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
someone's good leg — someone’s good eye/ear/arm/leg/etc phrase one eye ear arm leg etc that someone can still use normally Thesaurus: not injured, wounded or hurtsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
someone's good eye — someone’s good eye/ear/arm/leg/etc phrase one eye ear arm leg etc that someone can still use normally Thesaurus: not injured, wounded or hurtsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
someone's good ear — someone’s good eye/ear/arm/leg/etc phrase one eye ear arm leg etc that someone can still use normally Thesaurus: not injured, wounded or hurtsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
someone's good arm — someone’s good eye/ear/arm/leg/etc phrase one eye ear arm leg etc that someone can still use normally Thesaurus: not injured, wounded or hurtsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
leg-up — leg ,up noun singular 1. ) INFORMAL if you give someone a leg up, you help them to make progress, especially in their career 2. ) if you give someone a leg up, you help them climb something by letting them put their foot in your hands and then… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
leg — [leg] n. [ME < ON leggr, a leg, limb < IE base * lek , limb > L lacertus, muscle, lacerta, lizard] 1. one of the parts of the body by means of which animals stand and walk, specif., in human beings, a) one of the lower limbs b) Anat. the … English World dictionary
leg-up — n give sb a leg up informal a) to help someone to get up to a high place by joining your hands together so they can use them as a step b) BrE to help someone succeed in their job … Dictionary of contemporary English
leg-pull — n [C usually singular] BrE a joke in which you make someone believe something that is not true ▪ My first reaction was that this must be a leg pull. →pull sb s leg at ↑pull1 (11) … Dictionary of contemporary English
