make a leg

make a leg

obsolete To make a show of obeisance or fealty by bowing deeply (drawing one's right leg back in the process). As I began extinguishing the lamps for the night, a small wiry man appeared before me, wearing a comically oversized suit and making a leg in a most melodramatic fashion.
See also: leg, make
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • fall on (one's) knees
  • fall on knees
  • fall to (one's) knees
  • prostrate
  • prostrate (oneself) before (someone or something)
  • prostrate oneself before
  • Chinese
  • Chinese compliment
  • God save the King/Queen
  • GSTK/Q