- give someone a leg up
- give (someone) a leg up
informal
to help someone to be more successful.
It must give you a leg up if you want to be an actor and your parents are both in the profession.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
give someone a leg up
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give someone a leg up — If you give someone a leg up, you help them to achieve something that they couldn t have done alone … The small dictionary of idiomes
give someone a leg up — HELP/ASSIST SOMEONE, give someone assistance, lend someone a helping hand, give someone a boost, give someone a flying start. → leg * * * give someone a leg up To give someone a help or hoist in mounting, climbing, etc (also figurative) • • •… … Useful english dictionary
give someone a leg up — If you give someone a leg up, you help them to achieve something that they couldn t have done alone. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
give someone a leg up — we all want to give our kids a leg up in the world Syn: help/assist someone, give someone assistance, lend someone a helping hand, give someone a boost … Thesaurus of popular words
give someone gyp — To cause someone pain • • • Main Entry: ↑gyp * * * give someone gyp phrase to be very painful Her new shoes were giving her gyp. Thesaurus: to feel or cause physical pain and sufferingsynonym pain and pains … Useful english dictionary
give a leg up — give (someone) a leg up informal to help someone to be more successful. It must give you a leg up if you want to be an actor and your parents are both in the profession … New idioms dictionary
leg-up — leg ,up noun singular 1. ) INFORMAL if you give someone a leg up, you help them to make progress, especially in their career 2. ) if you give someone a leg up, you help them climb something by letting them put their foot in your hands and then… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
leg-up — UK / US noun [singular] 1) informal if you give someone a leg up, you help them to make progress, especially in their career 2) if you give someone a leg up, you help them to climb something by letting them put their foot in your hands and then… … English dictionary
leg — noun 1) Lee broke his leg Syn: lower limb, limb, shank; informal pin 2) the first leg of a European tour Syn: part, stage, portion, segment, section, phase, stretch, lap • … Thesaurus of popular words
leg — [leg] n. [ME < ON leggr, a leg, limb < IE base * lek , limb > L lacertus, muscle, lacerta, lizard] 1. one of the parts of the body by means of which animals stand and walk, specif., in human beings, a) one of the lower limbs b) Anat. the … English World dictionary
