1. leg up - Noun
2. leg up - Phrase
The act of assisting another's progress over a wall or other obstacle by forming a step for one of their feet with one's hands.
Synonym: bunk-up
(figuratively) A boost, a sudden improvement; an advantage, an edge.
(figuratively) Assistance, help given to get started or overcome a problem or obstacle.
leg-up (plural leg-ups)
Alternative form of leg up.
leg-up
Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up. Bill Gates
We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate. Jeremy Rifkin
As a working-class actor, leaving school with no qualifications, being a printer and then becoming an actor and then working with people who to a certain extent had had a leg up. I never had that advantage. It's less an artistic need to express myself and more a need to prove myself. Eddie Marsan
The most successful stuff is sold to you as indispensable social information. The message in the music is, 'We are terribly, terribly slick and suave, and if you listen to us, you can probably get a leg up in society, too.' Iggy Pop
All the applicants included in the lottery qualify as social equity candidates, meaning they were afforded a leg up in the application process as part of the state’s efforts to build diversity in the overwhelmingly white industry. Source: Internet
Every trader wants to get a leg up on the competition, and so I get asked a lot “Tim, what is the best time of day to trade” The answer is a little more complicated than a straight time slot, so I’ll break it down for you. Source: Internet