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stretch one's legs



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Idioms and Phrases

Stand up or go for a walk, especially after a prolonged period of sitting. For example, Let's go stretch our legs at intermission . [c. 1600]
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Example Sentences

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This is an opportunity not only to stretch one’s legs, but to stretch one’s soul also.

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I actually prefer a narrow body plane, and the short layover in Iceland offers an opportunity to get out of a coach seat and stretch one's legs.

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Our boat was a very comfortable one, and it was quite a relief after being cramped up in the chair to be able to stretch one’s legs and to indulge in a lounge or sometimes to take a walk along the bank of the river.

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It is much pleasanter to be silent and to stretch one's legs without caring for a neighbour who will be gone in a few moments.

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One cannot stretch one's legs as one sits writing at it, and if one rises suddenly it knocks bad language into one's knees and out of one's mouth.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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