give (someone) 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.

• the alma mater
• the answer to prayers
• the answer to someone's prayers
• the answer to your prayers
• the apple of eye
• the apple of someone's eye
• the apple of your eye
• the avant-garde
• the baby blues
• the ball is in court
• the ball is in someone's court
• the ball is in your court
• the balloon goes up
• the bandwagon effect
• the bane of life
• the bane of your life
• the bare bones
• the battle lines are drawn
• the battle of the sexes
• the be-all and end-all
• the beau monde
• the beauty of
• the beauty of something
• the beginning of the end
• the best of both worlds