"have a bone in one's leg" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: has a bone in one's leg [present, singular, third-person], having a bone in one's leg [participle, present], had a bone in one's leg [participle, past], had a bone in one's leg [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> a bone in one's leg}} have a bone in one's leg (third-person singular simple present has a bone in one's leg, present participle having a bone in one's leg, simple past and past participle had a bone in one's leg)
  1. (British, informal) Used as a fatuous excuse to avoid doing something. Tags: British, informal
    Sense id: en-have_a_bone_in_one's_leg-en-verb-DtwJXitU Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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