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legs around

legs around is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 legs around

What is legs around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Legs around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of leg around.

Words near legs around in the dictionary

  1. legropes
  2. Legros
  3. Legroses
  4. legs
  5. legs all the way to one's neck
  6. legs around
  7. legs eleven
  8. legs out
  9. legs up
  10. Legsby
  11. legshow

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