as in walked
to go on foot
the car was in the shop so we had to leg it to work for a couple of days
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Travis Kelce walked on the field toward the Kansas City Chiefs’ sideline, just a few steps away from the tunnel that would take him to the postgame locker room.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025 -
In the summer of 1969 — weeks before the first humans walked on the moon — Manabe and Bryan recreated the Earth.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Legged (it).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legged%20%28it%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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