Examples of leg up in a Sentence
a key endorsement that would give the struggling candidate a real leg up right now
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The fact that Gascon, the former district attorney, filed this independently and affirmatively on behalf of these defendants really gives them a leg up going into the hearing.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The all-stock deal, first announced over a year ago, would give Capital One a major leg up against competing credit card-issuing banks such as JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C), which don’t process transactions themselves.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
A couple legs up Senior kicker Gabriel Plascencia made a 23-yard field goal on the opening drive.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
The move represented another leg up in the president's strategy to open more markets for U.S. products.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The all-stock deal, first announced over a year ago, would give Capital One a major leg up against competing credit card-issuing banks such as JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C), which don’t process transactions themselves.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
A couple legs up Senior kicker Gabriel Plascencia made a 23-yard field goal on the opening drive.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
The move represented another leg up in the president's strategy to open more markets for U.S. products.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Leg up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leg%20up. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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