"hang a leg" meaning in English

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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hanging a leg",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung a leg",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:",
          "text": "You have your hands on thousands, you fools, and you hang a leg! You'd be as rich as kings if you could find it, and you know it's here, and you stand there skulking.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hesitate; to hang back."
      ],
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        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ],
        [
          "hang back",
          "hang back"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To hesitate; to hang back."
      ],
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  "word": "hang a leg"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanging a leg",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung a leg",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung a leg",
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        "past"
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          "ref": "1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:",
          "text": "You have your hands on thousands, you fools, and you hang a leg! You'd be as rich as kings if you could find it, and you know it's here, and you stand there skulking.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hesitate; to hang back."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ],
        [
          "hang back",
          "hang back"
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      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To hesitate; to hang back."
      ],
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