leg it

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leg it (third-person singular simple present legs it, present participle legging it, simple past and past participle legged it)

1. (intransitive, British, slang) To run away, to flee.

   After snatching my handbag he just legged it.

2. (intransitive, British, slang) To hurry.

   As soon as I heard about the fire I legged it over here as fast as I could.

• book it, beat it, hightail it, scarper, scram, skedaddle, vamoose

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