as in walked
to go on foot
the car was in the shop so we had to leg it to work for a couple of days
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walked
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Palencia did not record an out in the ninth inning and walked off the mound with a right shoulder injury that will likely force the Cubs to reevaluate their entire late-game strategy.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025 -
In a video shared by Fox Sports on the social media platform X, several fans scrambled for the ball and eventually a man wearing Phillies gear stood up with it in hand and walked over and gave it to a boy and hugged him.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Legged (it).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legged%20%28it%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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