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dead leg

British

noun

informal temporary loss of sensation in the leg, caused by a blow to a muscle

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With Aggie Beever-Jones missing the last two games with a dead leg, it could come against Liverpool on Sunday.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

Fortunately his star senior All-American said it was just a dead leg.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2019

Winger Gerard Deulofeu is also expected to start for the Hornets, after recovering from a dead leg he suffered in the same game.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2019

John Stones came in at centre-back for Everton because Sylvain Distin had a dead leg, but I can see Stones becoming a regular there over the course of the season.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2014

Gary Drake gave me a dead leg, which might or might not've been, on purpose.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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