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leg it

run quickly

To leg it means to run quickly, usually because you are late or in a hurry.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

How did you catch the bus?

I legged it from the supermarket.

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I legged it across town because I was going to miss my appointment.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I leg itted to the station.

Say: I legged it to the station.

The past form is legged it, not leg itted.

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How it fits in a sentence.

leg it; legged it; be legging it

Your turn: say it out loud

I legged it across town because I was going to miss my appointment.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

leg it

run quickly

“I legged it across town because I was going to miss my appointment.”

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