VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

A Leg Up

Meaning:

An advantage, a boost

Examples:

  • For a leg up at work?
  • Qualifications: A background in health care will give you a leg up, and some employers offer training for entry-level positions.
  • That's why he worked so hard, to give you a leg up.
  • That gives you a leg up on the average citizen.
  • And this gives us a leg up on adaptability.
  • Who says I want a leg up on anybody?
  • Just helping the youth of America get a leg up.
  • Surely, after all this time, he deserves a leg up.
  • And being older may not give you a leg up.
  • So I did have a leg up on the city.