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legging it

legging it is the present participle and gerund of leg it.

Meaning of leg it

Verb

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

  1. (UK, intransitive, slang) To run away, to flee.
    • After snatching my handbag he just legged it.
  2. (UK, intransitive, slang) To hurry.
    • As soon as I heard about the fire I legged it over here as fast as I could.

Questions about legging it

What is legging it the present participle and gerund of?
Legging it is the present participle and gerund of leg it.

Words near legging it in the dictionary

  1. leggin
  2. leggined
  3. legginess
  4. legging
  5. legging around
  6. legging it
  7. legging out
  8. legging up
  9. legginged
  10. legginglike
  11. leggings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: legging it (page history and authors); leg it (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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