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have a leg to stand on

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not have a leg to stand on
to be in a situation where you cannot prove something The problem is, if you don't have a witness, you don't have a leg to stand on. I haven't even got the receipt to prove where I bought it, so I don't have a leg to stand on.
See Break a leg!, pull leg, Shake a leg!, Show a leg!
See also: have, leg, stand


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When I returned to work from maternity leave, my employer told me I couldn't have all the shifts available to me that I had before--and, as I had let my membership lapse while on maternity leave, I didn't have a leg to stand on.
Although the Justice Department initially said it would appeal Friedman's decision, Acting Solicitor General Paul Clement concluded the government did not have a leg to stand on.
``We knew we didn't have a leg to stand on, but we felt we had to give our arguments.
 
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