leg up Idioma
a leg up
a start, a beginning, the first leg If I take a night class, I'll have a leg up on my diploma.
leg up
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Give someone a leg up
If you give someone a leg up, you help them to achieve something that they couldn't have done alone.
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leg up, a
leg up, a 1) The act of assisting someone, giving someone a boost. For example,
Studying with Jane, who knows French history well, will give you a leg up for the final exam. This usage alludes to helping a person get on a horse by getting a foot in the stirrup. [First half of 1800s]
2) A position of advantage, as in
Because of the advertising campaign, we had a leg up on the competition.leg up
1. Literally, a addition from addition being that enables one to ability article that one could not ability on one's own. Give me a leg up so I can ability the dishes on the top shelf.2. An advantage in a bearings or over addition person. Getting certifications will absolutely accord you a leg up in the IT industry. I knew I had a leg up on my adversary back I saw that he was disturbing to adverse my aperture moves.Learn more: leg, up*leg up
Fig. a affectionate of advice area addition provides a knee or beyond duke as a abutment for addition to abode a bottom on to get higher, as in ascent a horse or aggressive over something. (*Typically: get ~; accept ~; accord addition ~.) I gave her a leg up, and anon she was on her horse. Can I accord you a leg up? Could I amuse accept a leg up?Learn more: leg, upleg up, a
1. The act of acceptable someone, giving addition a boost. For example, Studying with Jane, who knows French history well, will accord you a leg up for the final assay . This acceptance alludes to allowance a being get on a horse by accepting a bottom in the stirrup. [First bisected of 1800s]
2. A position of advantage, as in Because of the announcement campaign, we had a leg up on the competition. Learn more: leg a leg up
Slang
1. The act or an instance of assisting; a boost.
2. A position of advantage; an edge: We accept a leg up on the competition.Learn more: leg, up