give a leg up

give somebody a leg up

(informal)

to help someone to be more successful It must give you a leg up if you want to be an actor and your parents are both in the profession. (informal)

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tayler	TAY-lər	English (Modern)
Tatiana	tah-TYAH-nah (Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian), TAH-tee-ah-nah (Finnish), ta-tee-AN-ə (English), ta-TYAN-ə (English)	Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Greek, Georgian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish
Ernst	ERNST (German), ERNSHT (Swedish)	German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Desideratus	-	Late Roman
Adrianus	ah-dree-AH-nus, AH-dree-ah-nus	Dutch
Lowe	[ləu]