make a leg

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make a leg

verb makes a leg · making a leg · made a leg

  1. UK, idiomatic To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back. King Richard II: What must the king do now? must he submit? […] What says King Bolingbroke? will his majesty Give Richard leave to live till Richard die? You make a leg, and Bolingbroke says ay.

    Similar: bow and scrape

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@misc{make_a_leg_2026,
  title = {make a leg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20a%20leg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}