legnoun [ C ]
uk/leɡ/us/leɡ/leg noun [ C ] (PART)
A1 one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing or walking:
My legs were tired after so much walking.
He broke his leg skiing.
The horse broke its front leg in the fall.
the part of a piece of clothing that you put your leg in:
He rolled up his trouser legs and waded into the water.
one of the thin vertical parts that support an object:
a chair/table leg
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- Robson injured his leg in the second half of the match and had to be carried off.
- His leg was broken in two places.
- She likes to wear short skirts to show off her legs.
- I've been sitting with my legs crossed for so long, my right leg has gone numb.
- The doctor said I was to keep my leg elevated.
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Parts of clothes
- armhole
- bodice
- button-down collar
- clerical collar
- collar
- crew neck
- heel
- knee
- lapel
- neckband
- neckline
- patch pocket
- Peter Pan collar
- shoulder
- sleeve
- V-neck
- vent
- waistband
- wing collar
- yoke
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leg noun [ C ] (STAGE)
a particular stage of a journey, competition, or activity:
He has tickets for the first leg of the NCAA Men's Hockey Championship.
The last leg of the race was Paris to London.
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Stages & phases
- beta
- early-stage
- early-term
- in phase/out of phase idiom
- landmark
- period
- phase
- point
- stage
- step
- stepping stone
- tertiary
- the home straight
- twilight
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Parts & stages of competitions
Idiom(s)
get your leg over
give sb a leg up
have a leg up on sb
have legs
leg before wicket
not have a leg to stand on
pull sb's leg
legverb
uk/leɡ/us/leɡ/UK informalleg it
to run away in order to escape from something:
They legged it round the corner when they saw the police coming.
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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Running away and escaping