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making a leg

making a leg is the present participle and gerund 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 making a leg

What is making a leg the present participle and gerund of?
Making a leg is the present participle and gerund of make a leg.

Words near making a leg in the dictionary

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

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