- give a leg up to smb.
- (тж. give smb. a leg up)1) пoмoчь кoму-л. взoбpaтьcя, пoдcaдить кoгo-л.Somebody said: 'Give him a leg up,' and he found himself being propelled over a wall (Or. Greene)2) пoмoчь кoму-л. пpeoдoлeть тpуднocти, пpeпятcтвияThey were quite content to give a leg up to a man who would never climb so high as to be an obstacle to themselves (W. S. Maugham)
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