find one's legs

present singular third person finds one's legs · participle present finding one's legs · participle past found one's legs · past found one's legs

1. To stand up, or to recover the use of one's legs, after having been drunk or otherwise incapacitated.
2. To get used to something, or develop competence; to become habituated.

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   What’s more, Friends offers someone for everyone: a tall, dorky, insecure guy (David Schwimmer); a ditzy, guitar-strumming blonde (Lisa Kudrow); a handsome, jean-clad palooka (Matt LeBlanc); a sarcastic, 9-to-5-ing funnyman ([Matthew] Perry); a dark-haired, blue-eyed Veronica (Courteney Cox); and a spoiled suburban princess just finding her legs ([Jennifer] Aniston).

   1996 March 7, Rich Cohen, “Jennifer Aniston: The Girl Friend”, in Rolling Stone