leg it

See also: legit

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

leg it (third-person singular simple present legs it, present participle legging it, simple past and past participle legged it)

1. (intransitive, British, slang) To run away, to flee.

   After snatching my handbag he just legged it.

2. (intransitive, British, slang) To hurry.

   As soon as I heard about the fire I legged it over here as fast as I could.

Synonyms

• book it, beat it, hightail it, scarper, scram, skedaddle, vamoose

Translations

To run away, to flee

• Finnish: lähteä karkuun, pötkiä pakoon
• German: weglaufen (de), wegrennen (de), abhauen (de)
• Polish: dać nogę (pl) pf, dawać nogę (pl) impf

To hurry

Anagrams

• gilet