stretch one's legs

Idioms  

1. 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 one's legs

I actually prefer a narrow body plane, and the short layover in Iceland offers an opportunity to get out of a coach seat and stretch one's legs.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2016

This is an opportunity not only to stretch one’s legs, but to stretch one’s soul also.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

It was so nice to stretch one's legs and to stand up and pace the floor and bring the blood into circulation.

From The Land of the Long Night by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu

Upstairs we were packed into the classrooms, with just enough room allowed to stretch one's legs and to turn over should one wish.

From One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. by J. E. (John Ernest) Hodder-Williams

Fandor followed on his heels, saying: "It does one good to stretch one's legs!"

From A Nest of Spies by Marcel Allain