(countable and uncountable) Leather that is used to make shoes. / (uncountable) Leather from which shoes are made that is worn out through walking.

Basic, old-fashioned or traditional; specifically (journalism) shoe-leather journalism or shoe-leather reporting: journalism involving walking from place to place observing things and speaking to people, rather than sitting indoors at a desk.

(idiomatic) in first place in a contest

(simile) To be received negatively by others.

plural of leading tone

(music) scale degree seven when the first scale degree is one half step higher than the seventh scale degree

(intransitive) To spill or pour out, because of a leak. / (intransitive, figuratively) To be revealed (especially, of information intended to be kept secret).

plural of learning curve

(transitive, idiomatic) to mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie. / (transitive, idiomatic) to encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship.

(transitive, idiomatic) To omit. / (informal) To desist; to cease. / (intransitive) To stop with a view to resuming at a later point.