Leap Definition
lēp
leaped, leaping, leaps, leapt, lept
verb
leaped, leaping, leaps, leapt
To move oneself suddenly from the ground, etc. by using one's leg muscles; jump; spring.
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To pass over by a jump.
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To move suddenly or swiftly, as if by jumping; bound.
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To change quickly or abruptly from one condition or subject to another.
Always leaping to conclusions.
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To accept eagerly something offered.
To leap at a chance.
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noun
leaps
The act of leaping; jump; spring.
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A place that is, or is to be, leapt over or from.
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The distance covered in a jump.
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A sudden transition.
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idiom
by leaps and bounds
- Very quickly:
growing by leaps and bounds.
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leap in the dark
- An act whose consequences cannot be predicted.
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leap of faith
- The act or an instance of believing or trusting in something intangible or incapable of being proved.
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by leaps and bounds
- with very rapid progress
Webster's New World
leap in the dark
- an act that is risky because its consequences cannot be foreseen
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Leap
- by leaps and bounds
- leap in the dark
- leap of faith
- by leaps and bounds
- leap in the dark
Origin of Leap
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Middle English lepen, from Old English hlÄ“apan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupanÄ… (compare West Frisian ljeppe "˜to jump', Dutch lopen "˜to run; to walk', German laufen "˜to run', Danish løbe), from Proto-Indo-European (compare Lithuanian Å¡lùbti "˜to become lame', klùbti "˜to stumble').
From Wiktionary
Middle English lepen from Old English hlēapan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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