Definition of Leg it

1. Verb. Walk. "The children leg it to the playground"; "Let's hoof it to the disco"

Exact synonyms: Foot, Hoof, Hoof It
Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Walk
Derivative terms: Foot, Foot, Footer

Definition of Leg it

1. Verb. (intransitive slang) To run away, to flee. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive slang) To hurry. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leg It

leg curl
leg curling
leg curls
leg cutter
leg cutters
leg dermatoses
leg exercise
leg extension
leg extensions
leg extensor
leg glance
leg hair
leg hairs
leg injuries
leg irons
leg it
leg length inequality
leg lift
leg man
leg men
leg of antihelix
leg of lamb
leg phenomenon
leg press
leg presses
leg rope
leg side
leg slip
leg slips
leg spin

Literary usage of Leg it

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"... and is the most deeply seated of all the muscles in the leg. It commences above by two pointed processes, separated by an angular interval, ..."

2. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1915)
"Group b on each front leg consists of only one pore; on the right middle leg it has one pore, but on the left middle leg it has two pores; on the right hind ..."

3. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The tibia is the fourth part of 'the leg. It consists of a single segment; and Fig 68 Lateral aspect *s usually a little more slender than the femur, ..."

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