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cack-handed: He has a left-handed way of doing things. 2
insulting, disparaging, derisive, uncomplimentary, insulting,
paradoxical, ambiguous, questionable, dubious, doubtful:
Calling her piano-playing 'not bad' was a left-handed
compliment.
leftover n. 1 Usually, leftovers. remainder(s), remnant(s), rest,
residue, residuum, balance, surplus, excess, superfluity,
overage; scrap(s), leavings, crumbs, odds and ends, debris or
d‚bris, refuse, waste, rubbish, rubble, detritus, Archaic orts:
I'm just having leftovers for dinner tonight.
--adj. 2 remaining, residual, extra, excess, unused, uneaten:
Save some of the leftover ice-cream for later.
leg n. 1 limb, member, Colloq pin, peg, stump, Slang gam: I have a
touch of arthritis in my left leg. 2 support, brace, prop,
upright, standard, column, pillar: One of the legs of this
table is about to collapse. 3 part, portion, segment, stretch,
stage, section, length, lap: The first leg of my journey passed
without incident. 4 a leg up. boost, assistance, push, help,
helping hand, advance, support, US and Canadian assist: Let me
give you a leg up over the wall. Gordon might give you a leg up
in getting a job. 5 leg it. run, hurry, hasten, scurry, Colloq
scoot, skedaddle: He legged it down the street to catch the
bus. 6 not a leg to stand on. defenceless, unsupported,
insupportable or unsupportable, indefensible, unjustifiable,
untenable, invalid: She insists she's right, but she hasn't got
a leg to stand on. 7 on one's or its last legs. decrepit,
failing, exhausted, dying, worn out, run-down, falling apart or
to pieces, broken-down, the worse for wear; dilapidated,
rickety, shabby, ramshackle, crumbling, tumbledown: George
looked as if he was on his last legs. My car is on its last
legs. 8 pull (someone's) leg. tease, mock, jeer at, taunt, gibe,
make fun of, chaff, guy, fool, deceive, Chiefly Brit twit,
Colloq rib, kid, rag: We were just pulling his leg, but he took
it seriously. 9 shake a leg. a hurry (up), hasten, rush,
Colloq get going or moving or cracking, look alive or lively:
You'll have to shake a leg to catch that train. b dance, trip
the light fantastic (toe), Slang hoof it, US cut a rug: What do
you say we go out and shake a leg tonight? 10 stretch one's
legs. (take or go for a) walk, (take some) exercise: After
sitting for so long, I have to stretch my legs.