leg up

leg up

assistance; help; specif., a boosting, as of a rider onto a horse
an advantage; lead: to get a leg up on the competition

Also leg·-up′

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Noun

(literally) the act of assisting another's progress over a wall or other obstacle by forming a step for one of their feet with one's hands
(figuratively) A boost, a sudden improvement; an advantage
(figuratively) assistance, help given to get started or overcome a problem or obstacle

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His limited experience gives him a leg-up on reading social signals, picking up dating cues which would give him confidence to date.
With some of these suggestions, you're sure to have a leg-up on preparing and enjoying (and getting through!) the holidays.
Numerous free business letter samples are available online to help would-be writers get a leg-up on where to start.
Perhaps, this is the leg-up that Nintendo needs to grab a huge market share.
That can give the person the leg-up needed to write about them.

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