"get a leg up" meaning in English

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    },
    {
      "form": "getting a leg up",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "got a leg up",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a leg up",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gotten a leg up",
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        "US",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "word": "have a leg up"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can climb over the fence if I get a leg up from you."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get a boost or a lift."
      ],
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          "lift"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To get a boost or a lift."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He hopes that all the extra advertising will allow him to get a leg up on the competition."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gain some advantage; to get a head start."
      ],
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          "advantage"
        ],
        [
          "head start",
          "head start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To gain some advantage; to get a head start."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To gain some advantage; to get a head start.",
          "word": "een stap voor zijn"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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  "word": "get a leg up"
}

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "getting a leg up",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a leg up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a leg up",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten a leg up",
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        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
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        "English idioms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can climb over the fence if I get a leg up from you."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get a boost or a lift."
      ],
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        [
          "boost",
          "boost"
        ],
        [
          "lift",
          "lift"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To get a boost or a lift."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "He hopes that all the extra advertising will allow him to get a leg up on the competition."
        }
      ],
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        "To gain some advantage; to get a head start."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To gain some advantage; to get a head start."
      ],
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To gain some advantage; to get a head start.",
      "word": "een stap voor zijn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get a leg up"
}