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overleap

verb
over·​leap | \ ˌō-vər-ˈlēp How to pronounce overleap (audio) \
overleaped or overleapt\ ˌō-​vər-​ˈlēpt How to pronounce overleapt (audio) also  -​ˈlept \; overleaping\ ˌō-​vər-​ˈlē-​piŋ How to pronounce overleaping (audio) \

Definition of overleap

transitive verb

1 : to leap over or across
2 : to defeat (oneself) by going too far

Examples of overleap in a Sentence

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 Bridge-builders—such is the implication—will always overleap wall-builders. — Felipe Fernández-armesto, WSJ, "‘Vanishing Frontiers’ Review: The Ties That Bind," 25 June 2018 In this way, the U.S. can overleap the entrenched inequalities and make use of preexisting intellectual and social capital. — Noah Shachtman, WIRED, "Military Report: Secretly ‘Recruit or Hire Bloggers’," 31 Mar. 2008

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First Known Use of overleap

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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