stretch (one's) legs
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To stand or walk to help relieve stiffness in one's legs, usually from sitting for a prolonged period of time. Let's stop off at this rest area for a while. After three hours of driving, I'm sure everyone would like to stretch their legs a bit.
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stretch one's legs
Fig. to walk around and loosen one's leg muscles after sitting down or lying down for a time. We wanted to stretch our legs during intermission. After sitting in the car all day, the travelers decided to stretch their legs.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
stretch one's legs
Stand up or go for a walk, especially after a prolonged period of sitting. For example, Let's go stretch our legs at intermission. [c. 1600]
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stretch your legs
COMMON If you stretch your legs, you go for a short walk, usually after you have been sitting down for a long time. I stopped at the square and got out to stretch my legs.
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stretch your legs
go for a short walk, typically after sitting in one place for some time.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
stretch your ˈlegs
walk about after sitting or lying for a long time: I’d been working at my desk all morning, so I went outside to stretch my legs for ten minutes.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
stretch one’s legs
tv. to stand up and perhaps walk about. I need to get out of here and stretch my legs for a while.
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stretch (one's) legs
To go for a walk, especially after a lengthy period of sitting.
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stretch one's legs, to
To stand up or go for a walk in order to relieve muscular stiffness or for the exercise. This term has been around since the seventeenth century. Izaak Walton used it in The Compleat Angler (1653): “I have stretch’d my legs up Tottenham Hill to overtake you.”
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