LEG IT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leg it mean? 

• LEG IT (verb)
  The verb LEG IT has 1 sense:

1. walk

  Familiarity information: LEG IT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEG IT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

foot; hoof; hoof it; leg it

Context example:

let's hoof it to the disco

Hypernyms (to "leg it" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

I shall not attempt calling on Mrs. Goddard, for I really do not think she cares for any thing but boiled pork: when we dress the leg it will be another thing.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I could never learn, for he was carried within the barrier, and as I had chanced to break the bone of my leg it was a great unease for me to ride or even to stand.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)