Examples of leg up in a Sentence
a key endorsement that would give the struggling candidate a real leg up right now
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Electrons can clear the barrier the classical way, too, with a leg up from random thermal energy, instead of tunneling through it.
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Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
The victory gave Navy (5-0) a leg up in holding on to the Commander-in-Chief's trophy, awarded to the winner of the round-robin between the Navy, Air Force and Army service academies.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
The flirty blowhard with the goatee is a younger philosophy professor, Hank (Andrew Garfield), who signals their years of friendship (and maybe more) by propping his legs up against her on the couch.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
In the first photo, Paltrow can be seen sitting pantsless in a styling chair while wearing a white robe with one leg up and crossed over the other.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
The victory gave Navy (5-0) a leg up in holding on to the Commander-in-Chief's trophy, awarded to the winner of the round-robin between the Navy, Air Force and Army service academies.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
The flirty blowhard with the goatee is a younger philosophy professor, Hank (Andrew Garfield), who signals their years of friendship (and maybe more) by propping his legs up against her on the couch.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
In the first photo, Paltrow can be seen sitting pantsless in a styling chair while wearing a white robe with one leg up and crossed over the other.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Leg up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leg%20up. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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