Meaning of new legs | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Energy or momentum for continuing provided by a change.
   plural, plural-only
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see new, leg.
   plural, plural-only

Examples

“Along with the growing crisis in the Middle East, this troubling thought seemed to give⟳ new legs to realism in American foreign policy, that is, the view⟳ that we should be less concerned about the internal social and political makeup of a nation than we should its external behavior.”

“To be honest, after me growing Boost⟳ to where it was at this stage⟳, the business needed new legs to continue⟳ the journey.”

“What's happened is, she's just given the whole story new legs.”

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