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  • 51leg — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. limb, support; course, tack, lap; side. shake a leg II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The limb of a creature] Syn. part, member, lower appendage, hind leg, foreleg, back leg, front leg, left leg, right leg,… …

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  • 52leg — noun 1》 each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands.     ↘a leg of an animal or bird as food.     ↘a part of a garment covering a leg or part of a leg.     ↘(legs) informal sustained popularity or success: some books have legs …

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  • 53leg — [[t]lɛg[/t]] n. v. legged, leg•ging 1) anat. either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, that support and move the body 2) anat. the lower limb of a human being from the knee to the ankle… …

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  • 54Leg — In popular usage, the leg extends from the top of the thigh down to the foot. However, in medical terminology, the leg refers to the portion of the lower extremity from the knee to the ankle. The leg has two bones: the tibia and the fibula. Both… …

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  • 55leg — A prolonged trend in stock market prices, such as a multiple period bull market; or, an option that is one side of a spread transaction. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: lifting a leg. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * …

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  • 56leg it — verb walk let s hoof it to the disco • Syn: ↑foot, ↑hoof, ↑hoof it • Derivationally related forms: ↑foot (for: ↑foot), ↑footer …

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  • 57leg up — Used in the context of general equities. (1) Have a portion of the offsetting side of a trade in your pocket ( spoken for) so your capital risk in the transaction is reduced. ( purchase of 10,000 of a 50,000 buy order leaves the trader a leg up… …

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  • 58leg- — To collect; with derivatives meaning “to speak.” Oldest form *leg̑ , becoming *leg in centum languages. Derivatives include leech1, lecture, legend, intelligent, sacrilege, loyal, and logic. 1. Perhaps Germanic *lēkjaz, enchanter, one who speaks… …

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  • 59leg — noun 1) Lee broke his leg Syn: lower limb, limb, shank; informal pin 2) the first leg of a European tour Syn: part, stage, portion, segment, section, phase, stretch, lap • …

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  • 60leg — n 1. limb, lower limb, member; Anat. tibia, Anat. fibula, shinbone, shin, shank, Sl. gam, Inf. peg, Inf. pin, (usu. pi.) Inf. stumps; calf, thigh, (usu. pi.) hams. 2. support, underpinning, standard, prop, brace, framework; post, column, pillar,… …

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