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
Fabius	-	Ancient Roman
Maria	mah-REE-ah (Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch), mə-REE-ə (Catalan, English), MAHR-yah (Polish), MAH-ree-ah (Finnish)	Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Dutch, Frisian,
Myeong	myung	Korean
Hokolesqua	-	Native American, Shawnee
Endre (1)	-	Hungarian
Kevan	-	Irish