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have the legs of someone en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To be able to outpace someone.
    • Anyway, we'll get behind him; and I think we have the legs of him when it comes to a straight pursuit. 2018, Alfred Duggan, Besieger of Cities:
    • I knew something of gunnery once, but now I'm on the shelf. I myself would risk the mouldies and fight at close quarters—we have the legs of Fritz and could choose our own range—but in-fighting means tremendous risks, and the dear stupid old public would howl for my head if the corresponding losses followed. 2021, Bennet Copplestone, The Silent Watchers: England's Navy during the Great War:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
had the legs of someone Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
had the legs of someone Tense=Past lexicographic
has the legs of someone Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
having the legs of someone Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

have legs