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"dead leg" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is most commonly used to describe the feeling of numbness or tingling from an awkward position. For example, "After carrying the heavy boxes for so long, I had a dead leg in my right thigh."
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dead leg
noun
An injury caused when a player receives a hard knock on the upper thigh, crushing the muscle against the bone.
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"It is a dead leg," said Ferguson.
John Terry has been passed fit to play tonight after suffering a dead leg against Arsenal.
All the adjectives you can handle"."Shove 'em, Writerley"."Readers like them"."Like a dead leg.
Kevin Lisbie was struggling with a dead leg all week and hardly trained.
"I've got an extreme dead leg, heavy bruising to the thigh.
Ferguson said of Evans: "He got injured on Saturday with a dead leg.
Smith had already lost Steven Davis to a dead leg by that point.
To come out of that with a dead leg, I'm pretty happy with that".
The Gloucester centre has a dead leg and, like Wilkinson, will be assessed again on Monday.
Pat McCourt was also forced off with a dead leg and Blayney was given a chance in place of Tuffey.
The replay shows Fabregas barge into his back – it doesn't look particularly nasty, perhaps a dead leg?
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