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makes a leg

makes a leg is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make a leg.

Meaning of make a leg

Verb

make a leg (third-person singular simple present makes a leg, present participle making a leg, simple past and past participle made a leg)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back.
    • King Richard II: What must the king do now? must he submit? […]
      What says King Bolingbroke? will his majesty
      Give Richard leave to live till Richard die?
      You make a leg, and Bolingbroke says ay.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
    Synonyms:
    bow and scrape

Questions about makes a leg

What is makes a leg the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes a leg is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make a leg.

Words near makes a leg in the dictionary

  1. makes a grab
  2. makes a habit of
  3. makes a hash of
  4. makes a joke of
  5. makes a killing
  6. makes a leg
  7. makes a light
  8. makes a lip
  9. makes a living
  10. makes a long arm
  11. makes a mark

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