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单词 to take leg
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to take leg
l. to take (also †betake) (†oneself) to one's legs: to run away, flee; (more generally) to run. Formerly also †to take leg. Cf. to take to one's heels at heel n.1 and int. Phrases 2d(b).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > run away or flee
fleec825
afleeeOE
atrina1000
atfleec1000
to run awayOE
to turn to or into flighta1225
to turn the ridgec1225
atrenc1275
atshakec1275
to give backa1300
flemec1300
startc1330
to take (on oneself) the flighta1500
to take the back upon oneselfa1500
fly1523
to take (also betake) (oneself) to one's legs1530
to flee one's way1535
to take to one's heels1548
flought?1567
fuge1573
to turn taila1586
to run off1628
to take flighta1639
refugea1641
to run for it1642
to take leg1740
to give (also take) leg-bail1751
bail1775
sherry1788
to pull foot1792
fugitate1830
to tail off (out)1830
to take to flight1840
to break (strike, etc.) for (the) tall timber1845
guy1879
to give leg (or legs)1883
rabbit1887
to do a guy1889
high-tail1908
to have it on one's toes1958
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 749/1 I take me to my legges, I flye a waye, je me mets en fuyte.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 34 Come knock and enter, and no sooner in, But euery man betake him to his legs. View more context for this quotation
1635 L. Foxe North-west Fox 25 He presently tooke to his legges and runne away.
1740 L. Whyte Poems 94 Ralph thus involv'd in Debt took Leg.
1854 H. A. Stern Dawnings Light in East i. 4 The driver, dreading the whip which I held in my hand, betook himself to his legs, and was off in an instant.
1861 H. A. Jacobs Incidents Life Slave Girl iv. 17 [He] was a perfect coward when a tussle ensued between him and white boys of his own size. On such occasions he always took to his legs.
1887 F. E. Brooks in W. T. Ross Voice Culture & Elocution (rev. ed.) 248 On either side the fat hens take leg, While others announce a new-laid egg.
1936 Manch. Guardian 4 May 13/6 The younger enthusiasts took to their legs and ran with the procession along Portland Street.
2000 J. Tulloch Season Ticket iii. 70 They ran through the pouring rain, two of them falling, but immediately picking themselves up again and taking to their legs.
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