leg up in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for leg up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.leg [Am lɛɡ, Brit lɛɡ] N

1. leg ANAT:

break a leg! inf, hum THEAT
shake a leg! inf
shake a leg! inf
apúrate LatAm
show a leg! Brit inf
show a leg! Brit inf
to get a or one's leg over Brit sl
pararse LatAm
matarse andando esp Spain inf
leg irons MED

II.leg <pres part legging; pt, pp legged> [Am lɛɡ, Brit lɛɡ] VB trans

I.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADV up often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back up, pick up, sit up, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, pick, sit, etc).

1.1. up (in upward direction):

up a bitleft a bit
up United! Brit

II.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] PREP

III.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADJ

IV.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB trans inf

V.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB intr

See also come up to

leg up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for leg up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Translations for leg up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
I come from a poor background so don't give me the usual claptrap about getting a leg up from a rich daddy.
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Lean forward at your hips as you raise your working leg up until you feel a catch in your seat muscles.
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Sure if you are any good you will make it on your own without the "leg up" of positive discrimination.
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The reaction is to move the foot inward and the leg up, out of the way.
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However, given public and political resistance to coal in what's becoming an increasingly carbon-constrained world, natural gas has a leg up in the current environment.
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His piggish attitude demonstrates that, whatever short-term leg up female journalists gain by being attractive eventually erodes on the actual field of play.
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During that motion the gymnast will kick their back following leg up, as they continue into a cartwheel motion.
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A series of well-meaning but horribly counterproductive laws passed during this decade 1970s, which gave an immense leg up to interest groups in the city.
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