an informal way of telling someone to run in order to evade capture
telling someone to go away (used as an interjection)
to get somewhere quickly
to use your legs to get from one place to another
to run very fast – to escape from somebody
We were trespassing on their property. When the alarm went off we had to leg it or we would be caught.
When you hear someone coming give us a signal and we will leg it.
You should not be here! Leg it!
We better leg it or we are not going to make it home before curfew.
We have five minutes before class starts, we will have to leg it or we will be late.
I do not have a car, so if I want to get anywhere I have to leg it.
There is no origin for this idiom
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definition
Common phrase that has a specific meaning.