upon one's legs

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Prepositional phrase[edit]

upon one's legs

  1. Synonym of on one's legs (“in an independent position”)
    • 1885, Investors Chronicle and Money Market Review, volume 49, page 625:
      […] but it is clear, from Mr. Lov's circular, that if these charges were paid off the company could be easily put upon its legs again; […]
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