"leg around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: legs around [present, singular, third-person], legging around [participle, present], legged around [participle, past], legged around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} leg around (third-person singular simple present legs around, present participle legging around, simple past and past participle legged around)
  1. (archaic) To hang around a person or place to suck up to them, to lobby them or to otherwise get special treatment. Tags: archaic
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legged around",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hang around a person or place to suck up to them, to lobby them or to otherwise get special treatment."
      ],
      "id": "en-leg_around-en-verb-A2-QxvYu",
      "links": [
        [
          "hang around",
          "hang around"
        ],
        [
          "suck up",
          "suck up"
        ],
        [
          "lobby",
          "lobby"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To hang around a person or place to suck up to them, to lobby them or to otherwise get special treatment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "leg around"
}
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legging around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legged around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legged around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        "English verbs",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hang around a person or place to suck up to them, to lobby them or to otherwise get special treatment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hang around",
          "hang around"
        ],
        [
          "suck up",
          "suck up"
        ],
        [
          "lobby",
          "lobby"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To hang around a person or place to suck up to them, to lobby them or to otherwise get special treatment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "leg around"
}

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