Examples of leg up in a Sentence
a key endorsement that would give the struggling candidate a real leg up right now
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We’re all built a little different, but what’s the secret pocket treasure that gives you a leg up?
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Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 22 July 2025
Meanwhile Uber gives Lucid, which controls only a fraction of the domestic electric vehicle market, a leg up and helps Nuro, which abandoned building its own self-driving vehicles in favor of licensing its tech, pivot its business.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 18 July 2025
Partnering with an experienced coach like Gutierrez could give Wood a leg up on the likes of Raleigh, whose father will be pitching, and Chisholm, whose stepfather will be on the mound.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Coworkers will want to give us a leg up and encouragement to become great.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 4 July 2025
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Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 22 July 2025
Meanwhile Uber gives Lucid, which controls only a fraction of the domestic electric vehicle market, a leg up and helps Nuro, which abandoned building its own self-driving vehicles in favor of licensing its tech, pivot its business.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 18 July 2025
Partnering with an experienced coach like Gutierrez could give Wood a leg up on the likes of Raleigh, whose father will be pitching, and Chisholm, whose stepfather will be on the mound.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Coworkers will want to give us a leg up and encouragement to become great.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 4 July 2025
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“Leg up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leg%20up. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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