back leg

collocation in English

meaningsofbackandleg

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back
adjective[before noun]
uk
/bæk/us
/bæk/
at or near the back ...
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leg
noun[C]
uk
/leɡ/us
/leɡ/
one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing ...
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(Definition ofbackandlegfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofback leg

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The hare was caught by both dogs, one at the foreleg and one at thebackleg, and there was a tug of war.
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The unwrappedbacklegcan also be used to kick.
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The front foot points directly forwards while thebacklegis turned out just under 90 degrees.
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Longer thrusts were delivered with a full step forward with thebacklegaccompanying the back hand.
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The top piece,backleg, and face of the stand were made of boxwood.
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Angulate specimens have 5 claws on their front legs and 4 on eachbackleg.
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Early plaques did not have a number stamped on them but later ones have a number stamped behind the lion'sbackleg.
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Employees wearing football helmets attached a nose tong to the nose of a writhing beast suspended by a chain wrapped around onebackleg.
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Thebacklegfollows making the splits in the air.
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Each screen had a top piece, supported by abacklegand diagonal struts.
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Leg span is determined by measuring from the tip of thebacklegto the tip of the front leg on the opposite side.
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As a general rule, thebacklegshould be tucked in, with the knee of the trailing leg aligned vertically over the leading foot.
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The most common way of delivering an attack in fencing is the lunge, where the fencer reaches out with his/her front foot and straightens his/herbackleg.
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The wolf soon responds by charging forward and ferociously bites the cougarsbackleg, but backs off when the cat pounces on it with its front legs and lethal claws.
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Mastery of this kata rests on mastery of hangetsu-dachi (half-moon stance) which is characterized by its semi-circular step movement of thebacklegto the center, and then forward.
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A shock was administered to a specific section of the grid, for example the grid where the rats leftbacklegwas located would receive a shock.
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We have the most extraordinary pantomime horse in political history—one in which the front legs never communicate with the back legs.
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Earlier film footage of the same location shows sheep being roughly dragged across by their back legs, their heads bumping along concrete floors.
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