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overleap
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb overleap has 3 senses
- overleap(v = verb.social) Array - defeat (oneself) by going too far; Array is one way to exaggerate, overdo
- overleap(v = verb.motion) vault - jump across or leap over (an obstacle); Array is one way to bound, jump, leap, spring
- overleap(v = verb.cognition) drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, pretermit - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" Sample sentences:
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
OXFORD DICTIONARY
overleap, v.tr. (past and past part. -leaped or -leapt)
1 leap over, surmount.
2 omit, ignore.
1 leap over, surmount.
2 omit, ignore.
Etymology
OE oferhleapan (as OVER, LEAP)
ROGET THESAURUS
overleap
Transcursion
VB transgress, surpass, pass, go beyond, go by, show in front, come to the front, shoot ahead of, steal a march upon, steal a gain upon, overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark, outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo, beat, beat hollow, distance, leave in the lurch, leave in the rear, throw into the shade, exceed, transcend, surmount, soar, encroach, trespass, infringe, trench upon, entrench on, intrench on, strain, stretch a point, strain a point, cross the Rubicon.
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