Download the app
educalingo
Search
Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.
Bill Gates

Meaning of "leg up" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF LEG UP

leg up  [lɛɡ ʌp] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEG UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leg up is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEG UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of leg up in the English dictionary

The definition of leg up in the dictionary is a push to help someone to climb an obstacle upwardsto give sb a leg up to help with climbing. Other definition of leg up is assistance; advantage.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEG UP


lace-up
leɪs ʌp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEG UP

leg
leg before wicket
leg bone
leg break
leg bye
leg iron
leg it
leg muscle
leg rope
leg shield
leg-o´-mutton
leg-o´-mutton sleeve
leg-of-mutton
leg-of-mutton sleeve
leg-pull
leg-pulling
leg-rope
leg.
legacies
legacy

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEG UP

bang up
big up
blowing up
bring up
drag up
flag up
gang up
give someone a leg up
hang up
hung up
mug up
rig up
ring up
rug up
strung up
tapping up

Synonyms and antonyms of leg up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «leg up» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF LEG UP

Find out the translation of leg up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of leg up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leg up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pierna
570 millions of speakers

English

leg up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैर ऊपर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الساق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нога до
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perna para cima
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লেগ আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jambe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

angkat kaki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

手助け
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다리 까지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sikil munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chân lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கால் வரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाय वर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bacak yukarı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gamba
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

noga w górę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нога до
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

picior
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πόδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

been
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ben upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

etappe opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leg up

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEG UP»

The term «leg up» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.647 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
76
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «leg up» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of leg up
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «leg up».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEG UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «leg up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «leg up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leg up

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «LEG UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word leg up.
1
Bill Gates
Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEG UP»

Discover the use of leg up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leg up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Leg Up on the Canon, Book 1: Adaptations of Shakespeare's ...
McGahern presents summaries of the texts, explanations of difficult passages, extensive historical context, and glossaries of terms no longer in use.
Jim Mcgahern, 2012
2
A Leg Up on the Canon, Book 2: Adaptations of Shakespeare's ...
McGahern presents summaries of the texts, explanations of difficult passages, extensive historical context, and glossaries of terms no longer in use.
Jim Mcgahern, 2012
3
A Leg Up on the Canon Book 3: Adaptations of Shakespeare's ...
McGahern presents summaries of the texts, explanations of difficult passages, extensive historical context, and glossaries of terms no longer in use.
Jim Mcgahern, 2012
4
A Leg Up on the Canon Book 4: Adaptations of Shakespeare's ...
McGahern presents summaries of the texts, explanations of difficult passages, extensive historical context, and glossaries of terms no longer in use.
Jim Mcgahern, 2012
5
One Leg Up
Set in the 1970s and early 1980s in the state of Montana, One Leg Up spins a tale of tragedies within families and desperation within souls. All is not lost, however.
Margee Driscoll, 2006
6
Trading Price Action Trends: Technical Analysis of Price ...
When the market is in a bear leg, like it was in the move down from bar 10, the first leg up is the A leg of the ABC correction. Bar 12 or the bar before it was that A leg. The pullback from that small leg up was the B leg, which was bar 13.
Al Brooks, 2011
7
A Leg Up
A collection of stories about growing up as an amputee, cancer survivor, and human being.
Josh Sundquist, 2008
8
Thai Massage: Sacred Body Work
Place your right foot on the sacrum and pull the leg up a little. Then lower the leg a little. Repeat with your foot on the lumbar back. The second time, pull the leg up a little higher than you did the first time. Lower the leg a little. Move your foot ...
Ananda Apfelbaum, 2004
9
Life Experiences & Recollections Of "Mary"
... he was cutting on me but my dad and uncle continued to hold me down until the doctor finished sewing my leg up. After the doctor finished his sewing job he had my father and uncle carry me back the six miles to home. The following day ...
Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
10
Mouse
It was a perfect plan. Peg was going to give the guys his wooden leg, and when they were inside the bank, they would get the bank tellers to fill the leg up, then Peg, when he got the leg back, would screw it back on, and no one 671 ...
Daniel S. Knowles, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEG UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leg up is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Shamokin Help Fair a leg up for the helpers, too - News - News Item
Shamokin Help Fair a leg up for the helpers, too ... and government organizations were gathered in one place for those needing a leg up. «News Item, Jul 15»
2
China's Xiaomi unveils US$32 'smart shoes', with a leg up from …
Joggers already have their smartphone and smart watch. Next up: “smart” running shoes that include a module with sensors placed under the ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
3
ROC violin talent gets leg up from Chimei Museum
ROC violin talent gets leg up from Chimei Museum Taiwan violin talent Tseng Yu-chien and Chi Mei Museum founder Shi Wen-long play a ... «Taiwan Today, Jul 15»
4
Midtown mega-projects have a leg up on World Trade Center - NY …
WORLD TRADE CENTER: Midtown real estate mega-projects have a leg up on downtown. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Thursday, July 16, 2015, ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
5
Review: Foo Fighters Bring a Little of Everything to the Stage …
He insisted that he be carried back onstage on a stretcher so that he could keep performing, seated with his leg up, while a medic prepared him ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
Midtown mega-projects have a leg up on World Trade Center
The gleaming towers surrounding Lower Manhattan's hallowed ground are supposed to be a symbol of the area's Phoenix-like rise from the ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
7
U of Minn. study: Invasive plants get a leg up in fertilized grasslands
Adding those nutrients give non-native species a leg up, and native species become less abundant. Looking at how different plants respond to ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Jul 15»
8
Barber helps RR man get a leg up on cerebral palsy
Albuquerque barber Gabriel Gonzales, standing, and Rio Rancho resident Devon Weber have become friends over five years of haircuts, and ... «Rio Rancho Observer, Jul 15»
9
Robot Pets Have a Leg Up on Fido
Humans have been bonding with domestic animals for tens of thousands of years, but Jean-Loup Rault, an animal scientist at the University of ... «Popular Science, Jul 15»
10
U-T president got leg up from predecessor
U-T president got leg up from predecessor. Russ Newton recalls his first meeting with former Union-Tribune president. Mugshot of Logan ... «The San Diego Union-Tribune, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Leg up [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/leg-up>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z