make a leg

Verb

UK idiomatic

(idiomatic, UK) To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back.

Japanese Meaning

右足を後ろに引いて深いお辞儀をすること。

When the ambassador arrived, Sir Edmund stepped forward to make a leg before announcing the monarch's decree.

大使が到着すると、エドマンド卿は王の布告を発表する前に一歩前に出て右脚を引いて深くお辞儀をしました。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic, UK) To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back.

King Richard II: What must the king do now? must he submit? […]

What says King Bolingbroke? will his majesty

Give Richard leave to live till Richard die?

You make a leg, and Bolingbroke says ay.

makes a leg

（ present singular third-person ）

making a leg

（ participle present ）

made a leg

（ participle past ）

made a leg

（ past ）