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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Both of them basically blanked him and walked on.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025 -
At first, Westergaard blamed the breach on an employee who had accidentally left them open and walked off the job.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Legged (it).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legged%20%28it%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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