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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To give it a leg up, though, most teams use sensors like LIDAR and radar which provide superhuman ability.
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Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Keeping your knees straight and your toes pointed, kick both legs up and down in an alternating fashion.
—Tim Petrie, Verywell Health, 30 June 2025
For these parents, summertime is about making sure that this doesn’t happen and potentially even that their kids get a leg up going into the next school year.
—Megan Kuhfeld, Scientific American, 30 June 2025
Give yourself a leg up on the competition by familiarizing yourself with the terms below.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
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Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Keeping your knees straight and your toes pointed, kick both legs up and down in an alternating fashion.
—Tim Petrie, Verywell Health, 30 June 2025
For these parents, summertime is about making sure that this doesn’t happen and potentially even that their kids get a leg up going into the next school year.
—Megan Kuhfeld, Scientific American, 30 June 2025
Give yourself a leg up on the competition by familiarizing yourself with the terms below.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 June 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 16 Jul. 2025.
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