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[leg man]  {n.},  {informal}

1. An errand boy; one who performs messenger services, or the like.

Joe hired a leg man for the office.

2.  {slang},  {semi-vulgar},  {avoidable}

A man who is particularly attracted to good looking female legs and pays  […]

[leg-pulling]

See: [PULL ONE'S LEG].

[Legree]

See: [SIMON LEGREE].

[leg to stand on]  {n. phr.}

A firm foundation of facts; facts to support your claim. — Usually used in the negative.

Jerry's answering speech left his opponent without a leg to stand on.

* /Amos sued for damages, but did not have a leg to stand  […]

[leg work]  {n.},  {informal}

The physical end of a project, such as the typing of research reports; the physical investigating of a criminal affair; the carrying of books to and from libraries; etc.

* /Joe, my research assistant, does a lot of leg work  […]

[leisure]

See: [AT LEISURE] or [AT ONE'S LEISURE].

[lend a hand] or [give a hand] also [bear a hand]  {v. phr.}

To give help; make yourself useful; help.

The stage manager asked some of the boys to lend a hand with the scenery.

* /Dick saw a woman with a flat tire and offered to give her a hand  […]

[lend an ear to]

See: [GIVE AN EAR TO].

[lend color to]

See: [GIVE COLOR TO].

[lend itself to]  {v. phr.}

To give a chance for or be useful for; to be possible or right for.

Bob was sick and did not go to Jane's party, but his absence lent itself to misunderstanding.

* /The teacher's paperweight was a heavy piece of metal  […]