leapfrog

leap·frog

a children's game in which players crouch on hands and knees in a line, with each player taking a turn vaulting with legs spread wide over the others from behind, one at a time

intransitive verb

-·frogged·, -·frog·ging

to jump in or as if in leapfrog; skip (over)
to move or progress in jumps or stages

to jump or skip over, as in leapfrog
to overtake and go beyond: a business leapfrogging the competition

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leapfrog

noun

A game in which one player kneels or bends over while the next in line leaps over him or her.

verb

leap·frogged, leap·frog·ging, leap·frogs

verb

transitive

To jump over (someone) in leapfrog.
To advance or progress beyond (a competitor or an obstacle, for example) in dramatic fashion: hoping to leapfrog the competition with new technology.
To advance (two military units) by engaging one with the enemy while moving the other to a position forward of the first unit.

verb

intransitive

To move forward in leapfrog.
To move or progress in a discontinuous way: The virus leapfrogged from town to town.

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Noun

(plural leapfrogs)

(games) A children's game in which players vault over each other's stooped backs.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present leapfrogs, present participle leapfrogging, simple past and past participle leapfrogged)

To jump over some obstacle as in leapfrog.
To overtake
This new product will leapfrog the competition.
(military) To advance by engaging enemy with one unit while the other moves further forward.
(intransitive) To progress as in leapfrog.

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