"leg up" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-leg up.wav Forms: leg ups [plural], legs up [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|legs up}} leg up (plural leg ups or legs up)
  1. The act of assisting another's progress over a wall or other obstacle by forming a step for one of their feet with one's hands. Synonyms: bunk-up, leg Derived forms: get a leg up Translations (forming a step with one's hands): punttaus (Finnish), courte échelle [feminine] (French), Räuberleiter [feminine] (German), pezinho [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-leg_up-en-noun-sUfuiKji Disambiguation of "forming a step with one's hands": 91 3 6
  2. (figuratively) A boost, a sudden improvement; an advantage, an edge. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-leg_up-en-noun-rU5f62-d
  3. (figuratively) Assistance, help given to get started or overcome a problem or obstacle. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-leg_up-en-noun-ZB7M7oAS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 19 61 16 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 7 12 68 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 11 67 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 11 72 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 6 78 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 12 68 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 13 62 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 12 68 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 19 61 12

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-leg up.wav Forms: legs up [present, singular, third-person], legging up [participle, present], legged up [participle, past], legged up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} leg up (third-person singular simple present legs up, present participle legging up, simple past and past participle legged up)
  1. (transitive, equestrianism) To walk a horse on a hard surface regularly. Tags: transitive Categories (lifeform): Equestrianism
    Sense id: en-leg_up-en-verb-ldQCXtS6 Topics: equestrianism, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "forming a step with one's hands",
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