leg

1
as in thigh
a lower limb of an animal he broke his leg when he accidentally stepped in that gopher hole

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as in stage
a portion of a trip on the first leg of the cruise they went south to the Caribbean

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“Leg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leg. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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