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"forms": [
{
"form": "legs it",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "legging it",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "legged it",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "legged it",
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"past"
]
}
],
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "After snatching my handbag he just legged it."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To run away, to flee."
],
"id": "en-leg_it-en-verb-vdCTWCC4",
"links": [
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"run away",
"run away"
],
[
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"flee"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, slang) To run away, to flee."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
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],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"word": "lähteä karkuun"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"word": "pötkiä pakoon"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"word": "weglaufen"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"word": "wegrennen"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"word": "abhauen"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "dać nogę"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dawać nogę"
}
]
},
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"_dis": "36 64",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "As soon as I heard about the fire I legged it over here as fast as I could."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hurry."
],
"id": "en-leg_it-en-verb-eXznYI6i",
"links": [
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"hurry",
"hurry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, slang) To hurry."
],
"tags": [
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}
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"audio": "En-au-leg it.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/En-au-leg_it.ogg/En-au-leg_it.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/En-au-leg_it.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "book it"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "beat it"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hightail it"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "scarper"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "scram"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "skedaddle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "vamoose"
}
],
"word": "leg it"
}
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"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
"English verbs"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "legs it",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "legging it",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "legged it",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "legged it",
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"past"
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}
],
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English slang"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "After snatching my handbag he just legged it."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To run away, to flee."
],
"links": [
[
"run away",
"run away"
],
[
"flee",
"flee"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, slang) To run away, to flee."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English slang"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "As soon as I heard about the fire I legged it over here as fast as I could."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hurry."
],
"links": [
[
"hurry",
"hurry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, slang) To hurry."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"audio": "En-au-leg it.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/En-au-leg_it.ogg/En-au-leg_it.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/En-au-leg_it.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "book it"
},
{
"word": "beat it"
},
{
"word": "hightail it"
},
{
"word": "scarper"
},
{
"word": "scram"
},
{
"word": "skedaddle"
},
{
"word": "vamoose"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"word": "lähteä karkuun"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"word": "pötkiä pakoon"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"word": "weglaufen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"word": "wegrennen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"word": "abhauen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "dać nogę"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To run away, to flee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dawać nogę"
}
],
"word": "leg it"
}
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