Sentence examples for substantial leg up from inspiring English sources
As extravagant as some of these potential prediscoveries sound, the astronomers behind them have a substantial leg up on Poe.
Now this, he thought, was something to hold on to, a mantra for life, a substantial leg-up on the greasy pole of progress, the first block in a philosophy predicated on the glorious assumption of certainty.
One of the many effects of this overvaluation, as most 20-somethings and many 30-somethings know, has been to put home ownership – certainly in southern England – a long way beyond their reach, unless they band together or rely on an increasingly substantial leg-up from their parents.
U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras said the retired three-star Army general had agreed to provide "substantial assistance for prosecution of another person," giving special counsel Robert S. Mueller III a critical leg up as he pursues the case.
He lifted his pants leg up.
The Republicans have a leg up.
