show a leg
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"Here, suppose you fellows show a leg, and take a dip in the creek," he announced, poking his head into the tent.
From In Camp on the Big Sunflower by Lawrence J. Leslie
All you who aren't feeding babies, show a leg.
From Actions and Reactions by Rudyard Kipling
"Get 'ee up and come show a leg, now."
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang
"Show a leg, Grant, show a leg, cookhouse up," was yelled at me as daylight broke, and up we tumbled.
From S.O.S. Stand to! by Reginald Grant
“Sure, yer honour, ye’re the bhoy to make ’em show a leg when ye wants to, an’ no misthake at all, at all!”
From Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea by William Heysham Overend
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