"show a leg" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-show a leg.ogg Forms: shows a leg [present, singular, third-person], showing a leg [participle, present], showed a leg [past], shown a leg [participle, past]
Etymology: Supposedly originated in the 19th-century Royal Navy as a waking call. Head templates: {{en-verb|*|||shown a leg}} show a leg (third-person singular simple present shows a leg, present participle showing a leg, simple past showed a leg, past participle shown a leg)
  1. (idiomatic, nautical, chiefly imperative) To wake up and get out of bed. Wikipedia link: Royal Navy Tags: idiomatic, imperative Categories (topical): Nautical Related terms: shake a leg
    Sense id: en-show_a_leg-en-verb-Dtsf8nJO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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