Antonyms for leg up

Grammar : Noun

Spell : leg

Phonetic Transcription : lɛg

Definition of leg up

Origin : "aid, boost," 1837, from leg (n.) + up.

As in lift : noun help, aid
As in ascendancy/ascendency : noun domination
As in authority : noun power, control
As in raise : noun increase in salary or position
As in upper hand : noun major advantage
As in ascendancy : noun domination
As in boost : noun encouragement
As in trump card : noun key advantage
As in helping hand : noun assistance
As in say-so : noun authority
As in trump : noun advantage
As in vantage : noun advantage
As in advantage : noun benefit, favored position or circumstance
As in aid : noun help, support

Example sentences :

I might give you a thousand for a contract, an' losin' and winnin' mounts when you had a leg up.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

I merely felt like giving him a leg up—because really at the start he was of use to me.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

Come, we must have off that boot, and get the leg up on a sofa!
Extract from : « More About Peggy » by Mrs G. de Horne Vaizey

Their horses were led out, and Dick gave each of the girls a “leg up.”
Extract from : « The Mystery of Jockey Hollow » by Cleo Garis

But the boot was on the other leg up here in the lap of the mountains.
Extract from : « Northern Spain » by Edgar T. A. Wigram

She had drawn one leg up under her, and leaned back dreamily.
Extract from : « Egholm and his God » by Johannes Buchholtz

He said: "I cannot remember that there was any day when you required a leg up."
Extract from : « Cumner & South Sea Folk, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

He might have a wife or daughters, or both, who needed a leg up.
Extract from : « The Brightener » by C. N. Williamson

I shall ask you to give me a leg up and to keep hidden yourself.
Extract from : « The Woman of Mystery » by Maurice Leblanc

I been wounded in the leg up the Missippi and can not do nothing more.
Extract from : « Brave Old Salt » by Oliver Optic

Synonyms for leg up

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