leg
[ leg ]
/ lɛg /
noun
verb (used with object), legged, leg·ging.
to move or propel (a boat) with the legs: They legged the boat through the tunnel.
Verb Phrases
leg up,
to help (someone) to mount a horse.
Idioms for leg
Origin of leg
1225–75; 1915–20
for def 10; Middle English < Old Norse
leggr
OTHER WORDS FROM leg
leg·less, adjective leg·like, adjectiveWords nearby leg
British Dictionary definitions for on one's last legs
leg
/ (lɛɡ) /
noun
verb legs, legging or legged
(tr) obsolete
to propel (a canal boat) through a tunnel by lying on one's back and walking one's feet along the tunnel roof
leg it informal
to walk, run, or hurry
Derived forms of leg
leglike, adjectiveWord Origin for leg
C13: from Old Norse
leggr, of obscure origin
Medical definitions for on one's last legs
leg
[ lĕg ]
n.
One of the two lower limbs of the human body, especially the part between the knee and the foot.
A supporting part resembling a leg in shape or function.
Idioms and Phrases with on one's last legs (1 of 2)
on one's last legs
Extremely tired, close to collapsing, as in We've been cleaning house all day and I'm on my last legs. This hyperbolic expression originally meant “close to dying,” and in John Ray's 1678 proverb collection it was transferred to being bankrupt. Soon afterward it was applied to the end of one's resources, physical or otherwise. It is sometimes applied to things, as in That furnace is on its last legs.
Idioms and Phrases with on one's last legs (2 of 2)
leg