Meanings
present singular third person gets one's leg over · participle present getting one's leg over · past got one's leg over · UK participle past got one's leg over · US participle past gotten one's leg over · alternative get a leg over
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, one's, leg, over.
He just didn't quite get his leg over.
1991, Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special, describing Ian Botham treading on his stumps; quoted in Cris Freddi, The Guinness Book of Cricket Blunders, Guinness Publishing, 1996, →ISBN, page 138Synonyms: get one's end away, get one's groove on
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo have sex.
verbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, one's, leg, over.
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get one's leg over. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20one's%20leg%20over
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