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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What’s true for a student is true for companies and nations: having silicon wafer fabs gives you a leg up in chip design.
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Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Despite that, a growing number of companies do so voluntarily because the information gives them a leg up in the business world.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
The lease gave him a leg up, but the farm didn’t have any tools or machinery.
—Kate Bartlett, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
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.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Despite that, a growing number of companies do so voluntarily because the information gives them a leg up in the business world.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
The lease gave him a leg up, but the farm didn’t have any tools or machinery.
—Kate Bartlett, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
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.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for leg up
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“Leg up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leg%20up. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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