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find one's legs

find one's legs verb: to stand up, or to recover the use of one's legs, after having been drunk or otherwise incapacitated.

Verb

find one's legs (third-person singular simple present finds one's legs, present participle finding one's legs, simple past and past participle found one's legs)

  1. To stand up, or to recover the use of one's legs, after having been drunk or otherwise incapacitated.
  2. To get used to something, or develop competence; to become habituated.
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Forms of find one's legs

third-person singular presentfinds one's legs
present participlefinding one's legs
past participlefound one's legs
pastfound one's legs

Questions about find one's legs

What does find one's legs mean?
Find one's legs means to stand up, or to recover the use of one's legs, after having been drunk or otherwise incapacitated.
What part of speech is find one's legs?
Find one's legs is a verb.
What is the past tense of find one's legs?
The past tense of find one's legs is found one's legs.

Words near find one's legs in the dictionary

  1. find it in oneself
  2. find no bones in
  3. find one's account
  4. find one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
  5. find one's feet
  6. find one's legs
  7. find one's place
  8. find one's tongue
  9. find one's voice
  10. find one's way
  11. find oneself

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