Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - leg

~1 n 1 »BODY PART« either of the two long parts of your body that your feet are joined to, or a similar part on an animal or insect  (Angie broke her leg skiing. | A spider has 8 legs. | She's got long skinny legs.) 2 »FOOD« the leg of an animal when eaten as food  (roast leg of lamb) 3 »FURNITURE« one of the upright parts that supports a piece of furniture  (a chair leg) 4 »CLOTHING« the part of your trousers that covers your leg  (The legs of my jeans were covered in mud.) 5 »JOURNEY/RACE« a part of a long journey, race, process etc that is done one part at a time  (the final leg of the Tour de France) 6 four-legged/two-legged etc having four legs, two legs etc  (four-legged animals)  (- see also cross-legged, bow-legged) 7 leg room space in which to put your legs comfortably when you are sitting in a car, theatre etc 8 not have a leg to stand on informal to be in a situation where you cannot prove or legally support what you say  (If you didn't sign a contract, you won't have a leg to stand on.) 9 pull sb's leg informal to make a joke by telling someone something that is not actually true 10 be on its last legs informal to be in very bad condition and about to stop working  (The Chevy really is on its last legs now.) 11 get your leg over BrE slang to have sex with someone 12 »SPORT« BrE one of the parts of a special football competition that is played in two parts 13 have legs informal especially AmE if a piece of news has legs, people continue to be interested in it and talk about it  (These allegations don't have legs - they'll be forgotten by next week.)  (- see also break a leg break1 (46), leg-pull, leg-up, peg leg, sea legs, shake a leg shake1 (11), show a leg show1 (22), stretch your legs stretch1 (12)) ~2 v leg it BrE informal to run in order to escape from someone or something  (We saw him coming, and legged it out of the house.)