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on one's legs

on one's legs prepositional phrase: standing up, especially in order to deliver a speech.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Standing up, especially in order to deliver a speech.
  2. In an independent position.

Synonyms of on one's legs

Questions about on one's legs

What does on one's legs mean?
On one's legs means standing up, especially in order to deliver a speech.
What part of speech is on one's legs?
On one's legs is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on one's legs in the dictionary

  1. on one's Jack Jones
  2. on one's knees
  3. on one's L's
  4. on one's last legs
  5. on one's lee-lane
  6. on one's legs
  7. on one's lonesome
  8. on one's Ls
  9. on one's mark
  10. on one's mettle
  11. on one's mind

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