as in assistance
an act or instance of helping
a key endorsement that would give the struggling candidate a real leg up right now
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Recent Examples of leg up
This gives turkey a nutritional leg up over other animal proteins like beef and lamb, said Luis Rustveld, an associate professor of family and community medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine.
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Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Again, this can give Rattler an even bigger leg up on getting reps to prepare him to be even better in the 2025 season.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Having access to their previous experience and lessons learned can give you a leg up.
—T. Dallas Smith, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Beating the Bears won’t reverse this campaign’s trend or give the Niners a leg up in 2025, but losing to Chicago certainly wouldn’t help the cause.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Again, this can give Rattler an even bigger leg up on getting reps to prepare him to be even better in the 2025 season.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Having access to their previous experience and lessons learned can give you a leg up.
—T. Dallas Smith, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Beating the Bears won’t reverse this campaign’s trend or give the Niners a leg up in 2025, but losing to Chicago certainly wouldn’t help the cause.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Assad escaped to Moscow with his family through the last-minute assistance of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
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On Christmas Day, Sierra reported that after nearly a week in a coma, Samy could breathe without assistance, and was able to smile, wave, and offer a thumb's up.Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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Gonzalez has now contributed three goals and an assist in just 399 minutes of action, giving Thiago Motta the kind of incisive and inventive edge his side lacks without their vibrant number 11.Adam Digby, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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None of them have anyone quite like Mohamed Salah, who enjoyed another record-breaking afternoon with two goals and two assists.James Pearce, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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Harris, meanwhile, drew support from leaders including LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, who gave approximately $12 million to Future Forward and Harris’ campaign, and Netflix chairman Reed Hastings, whose $7 million donation to Harris led some Republicans to cancel their Netflix subscriptions.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Pressure is part and parcel of the game in the Premier League, but some players do need more support than others.Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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But in the meantime, those who know her are left to ponder an illness that appears to have consumed the caring mother, in spite of her efforts to get help.Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
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Police departments in Carroll County could get help from the state with funding the high cost of outfitting officers with body cameras, if a bill introduced in the Maryland General Assembly is passed.Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2023
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Friday’s announcement that the CHP will remain in Oakland for an additional month amounts to an extra boost to Newsom’s previous CHP deployment, which began in the city in February.Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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All three of the distinct Southern Indiana sites are being preserved due to their unique natural features, and that work is getting a boost from an unlikely duo: developers working on alternative energy projects — and endangered bats.Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2024
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The agreement would take effect in phases and include a halt in fighting, an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and a surge in aid to the besieged Gaza, according to Egyptian, Hamas and American officials.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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The challenge isn’t just to use AI but to make generative AI for leaders an aid toward responsible and purposeful guidance in all three dimensions.Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Leg up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leg%20up. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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