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seven-league boots
seven-league bootsThe ability to travel at very fast speeds; that which grants the ability to travel at very high speeds. An allusion to magical boots featured in European folklore that grant the wearer the ability to travel seven leagues in a single stride. The new technology allows electric cars to drive with seven-league boots, as opposed to the concrete shoes that hampered earlier models.See also: bootseven-league boots the ability to travel very fast on foot. This phrase comes from the fairy story of Hop o' my Thumb, in which magic boots enable the wearer to travel seven leagues at each stride.See also: boot |