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legged around

legged around is the simple past and past participle of leg around.

Meaning of leg around

Verb

leg around (third-person singular simple present legs around, present participle legging around, simple past and past participle legged around)

  1. (archaic, slang) To hang around a person or place to suck up to them, to lobby them or to otherwise get special treatment.
    • We believe the dealer in building material is "legging around" after the architect, contractor and builder, with the same end in view that the publisher of the Clay-Worker has in "legging around" after him to get an order for advertising.1896, Stone, volume 13, page 68

Questions about legged around

What is legged around the simple past and past participle of?
Legged around is the simple past and past participle of leg around.

Words near legged around in the dictionary

  1. Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome
  2. Leggatt
  3. leggaz
  4. legge
  5. legged
  6. legged around
  7. legged out
  8. legged over
  9. legged up
  10. leggedness
  11. leggeds

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