have legs
informalIf a story in the news has legs, it will continue for a long time:
This latest scandal has legs - you'll probably still be reading about it in a year's time.
If something has legs, it can continue to exist and be successful:
The business has legs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continue & last
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- keep sth up
- nine
- push
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- spill
- stick
- string
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