leg out

verb

legged out; legging out; legs out

transitive verb

baseball
: to make (a base hit) by fast running

Examples of leg out in a Sentence

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After surging over six-fold in 2023 (vs. 2022) thanks to franchise titles such as John Wick: Chapter 4 and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Lionsgate is down in a year when none of its movies could open at No. 1 or leg out to cumes north of $50M stateside. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025 Andrews took an inbounds pass in one corner of the backcourt and immediately had the ball slapped out of his hands and off his leg out of bounds. Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024 As Phillips bends his knees into a tabletop position, Lal directs the 6-foot-5, 263-pounder to roll himself up and extend his legs out. Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024 Adjei then stretches his right leg out to prevent Mbappe attempting to knock the ball along the byline to run around him — leaving Adjei with space open between his legs. Elias Burke, The Athletic, 26 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for leg out 

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of leg out was in 1965

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“Leg out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leg%20out. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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