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stretch one's legs en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down.
   • In the interval between Sunday School and Church when the congregation stretched its legs, I saw Atticus standing in the yard with another knot of men. 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 15, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
   • I needed to stretch my legs after spending all day sitting around in meetings.
   • Finally, after nearly two and a half hours on the same train, I have the chance to stretch my legs at Taunton while I wait for the Bristol service. 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66:

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Translations (10)

ro a face o plimbărică (to walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down) · mi hōkari (to walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down) · ro a face o plimbare (to walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down) · ru размя́ть но́ги (to walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down) · pl rozprostować kości (to walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down) · ro a-şi dezmorţi picioarele (to walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down) · izh jaloittaa (to walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down) · fr s'étirer les jambes (to walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down) · de sich die Beine vertreten (to walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down) · izh jaloitella (to walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down)