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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Example Sentences

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

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 Hodder-Williams, J. E. (John Ernest)

It is much pleasanter to be silent and to stretch one's legs without caring for a neighbour who will be gone in a few moments.

From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

I like a room where one can stretch one's legs.

From Fanny and the Servant Problem by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)