How to Use leg up in a Sentence

leg up

noun
  • And so their network gives us the leg up.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Two were legs up on the dining area floor.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Lift the leg up as high as your hips, then tap it to the right.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 1 July 2019
  • Your partner can lie back with their legs up or with bent knees.
    — Gabrielle Kassel, Health.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • He's got a leg up on some of the best players in the game.
    — Ren Clayton, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Move your legs up the wall so that your body forms an L-shape.
    — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
  • In the world of window clings, this one has a leg up on the rest.
    — Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The weirdest one was some guy pulled his pant leg up and my face was on his calf.
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2025
  • This should give the Vikings a leg up on bringing him back.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The winner of this game will have a leg up in the hunt for a playoff spot.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Just in case that gave Reba a leg up, don't let her sweet talk you.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The lease gave him a leg up, but the farm didn’t have any tools or machinery.
    — Kate Bartlett, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The suspect then lifted his leg up to kick the victim in her head.
    — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
  • Sent to me by a loyal reader with a leg up on the rest of you ingrates.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Lower yourself down to your back and begin to put your legs up the wall.
    — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2024
  • But the ones that do will benefit and can get a leg up in the labor war.
    — Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Lussier liked that, and felt Atlanta deserved the same leg up.
    — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Two dead roaches went legs up in front of a hallway glass cooler.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Before the draft, Araiza’s power seemed to give him a leg up.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2022
  • That's the kind of divergence that precedes the next leg up.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Good on you for wanting to help your son get a leg up in this housing market.
    — Steve Hruby, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The girls could be seen lifting their legs up high and then stomping back down as the waves came in.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
  • Hazel, drawing both legs up and placing her elbows on her knees, asked.
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Store the dough in the fridge for up to two weeks to give yourself a leg up next time the craving strikes.
    — Washington Post, 19 June 2021
  • They have certainly been given a leg up in the past few weeks since that video was filmed.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Eusebio doesn’t need to use AI to get a leg up.
    — Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Come in a costume to get a leg up on the rest of the competition.
    — Yoshina Okamoto, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2018
  • Keeping your knee bent, lift one leg up behind you until your thigh is in line with your body.
    — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 26 Dec. 2025
  • These slip-on sneakers get a leg up (pun intended) for their ribbed, chunky lug soles.
    — Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • These slip-on sneakers get a leg up (pun intended) for their ribbed, chunky lug soles.
    — Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026

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