leg up

English

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Noun

leg up (plural leg ups or legs up)

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.

   Synonyms: bunk-up, leg

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

   Antonym: step back

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

Derived terms

• get a leg up

Translations

forming a step with one's hands

• Finnish: punttaus
• French: courte échelle (fr) f
• German: Räuberleiter (de) f
• Portuguese: pezinho (pt) m

Verb

leg up (third-person singular simple present legs up, present participle legging up, simple past and past participle legged up)

1. (transitive, equestrianism) To walk a horse on a hard surface regularly.