Example Sentences

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By the time he was ready for another shot, our two friends were legging it across the plain as fast as their ponies could gallop.

From With Kelly to Chitral by Beynon, William George Laurence

We were legging it with the infuriated mob at our heels.

From Psmith in the City by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

"To think that you were legging it away from the house just as we were coming toward it," said Billy.

From Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive by Randall, Homer

All this time the men were legging it around the bases.

From Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball by Duffield, J. W.

Next minute she and her consort were legging it southwards at the very top of their speed.

From On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles by Bridges, T. C. (Thomas Charles)