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new legs

new legs noun: energy or momentum for continuing provided by a change.

Noun

new legs pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Energy or momentum for continuing provided by a change.
    • Along with the growing crisis in the Middle East, this troubling thought seemed to give new legs to realism in American foreign policy, that is, the view that we should be less concerned about the internal social and political makeup of a nation than we should its external behavior.2008, Thomas F. Farr, World of Faith and Freedom: Why International Religious Liberty Is Vital to American National Security, →ISBN
    • To be honest, after me growing Boost to where it was at this stage, the business needed new legs to continue the journey.2013, Janine Allis, The Secrets of My Success: The Story of Boost Juice, Juicy Bits and All, →ISBN
  2. (plural, plural-only) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see new, leg.

Words that rhyme with new legs

Questions about new legs

What does new legs mean?
New legs means energy or momentum for continuing provided by a change.
What part of speech is new legs?
New legs is a noun.

Words near new legs in the dictionary

  1. new leases on life
  2. new leaves
  3. New Lebanon
  4. New Leeds
  5. New Left
  6. new legs
  7. New Leipzig
  8. New Lexington
  9. New Leyte
  10. New Light
  11. New Lighter

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