as in to walk
to go on foot
the car was in the shop so we had to leg it to work for a couple of days
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as in legitimate
permitted by law
the barbershop, which appears to be a legit operation, is actually a front for a local mobster
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Recent Examples of leg (it)
Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
My dad was very cheap, and would not want to buy me the legit Hello Kitty stuff that all the cool kids had.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 5 Jan. 2025
Select Home Warranty FAQs Is Select Home Warranty legit?
—Ana Staples, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
My spies tell me this was an absolutely legit offer, and thus represents an interesting, if low-level, sliding doors moment for Brooklyn.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
There are tons of apps out there that claim to offer VPN services, but not all of them are legit.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
My dad was very cheap, and would not want to buy me the legit Hello Kitty stuff that all the cool kids had.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 5 Jan. 2025
Select Home Warranty FAQs Is Select Home Warranty legit?
—Ana Staples, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
My spies tell me this was an absolutely legit offer, and thus represents an interesting, if low-level, sliding doors moment for Brooklyn.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Doubs eventually walked off the field and to the locker room with two trainers assisting him.Jelani Scott, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan is walking a tightrope by testifying.Armando L. Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
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Jung should have a legitimate opportunity to break into the two-deep, which means his remarkable rise is far from finished.Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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While creating a trust for estate planning purposes is a legitimate way to minimize estate taxes, the reciprocal trust doctrine espouses that taxpayers cannot use two separate, yet essentially identical, trusts to skirt those taxes.Darren T. Case, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Kohl’s closures come as the retailer, and the department store sector at large, has been treading water.Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Jan. 2025
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There is an ongoing concern in the AI community that perhaps AI researchers and AI developers are treading too much of the same ground right now.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Adding to the company's legal woes, MyPillow representatives were notably absent at a court hearing last month aimed at addressing the payment dispute.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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There are plenty, including a lot of names from the orbit of the last Trump administration, many of them now mired in legal troubles.Sophie Haigney, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Leg (it).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leg%20%28it%29. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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