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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For the first 28 years of my life, I was not given any special leg up on account of my Sublime relation.
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
That can lead to misuse, for instance treating a viral infection with antibiotics, which could give resistant bacteria a leg up without providing any therapeutic benefit.
—NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
The Muschiettis were given a leg up by Del Toro, who liked their 2008 horror short Mama and helped get the 2013 feature-length version of the movie away.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Electrons can clear the barrier the classical way, too, with a leg up from random thermal energy, instead of tunneling through it.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
That can lead to misuse, for instance treating a viral infection with antibiotics, which could give resistant bacteria a leg up without providing any therapeutic benefit.
—NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
The Muschiettis were given a leg up by Del Toro, who liked their 2008 horror short Mama and helped get the 2013 feature-length version of the movie away.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Electrons can clear the barrier the classical way, too, with a leg up from random thermal energy, instead of tunneling through it.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for leg up
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“Leg up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leg%20up. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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