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Get a leg up.
(USA) To get a boost or advantage.
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"I got a leg".
Ah, it's got a leg missing.
You haven't got a leg to stand on.
Even Emile Heskey got a leg up but he was the exception rather than the rule.
"With patient names and addresses and things, you've got a leg up," the official said.
"All of a sudden black folks got a leg up on everyone else," he quipped.
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11.50am BST 17th over: Bangladesh 129-3 (Shakib 62 Mahmudullah 1) It started with cute stuff from Mushfiqur, he got a leg-side wide and tried a scoop but misses.
Even their national aggro-driving has got a leg-up on ours.
Ballance gets a leg bye.
If the minors get a "leg up" through cross-endorsement, the majors certainly get a "leg up" through incumbency.
In order to get a leg up on the corporate ladder, he lets company executives borrow his apartment to get a leg over.
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