overleap

verb

over·leap | \ ˌō-vər-ˈlēp

overleaped or overleapt\ ˌō-vər-ˈlēpt

also -ˈlept \; overleaping\ ˌō-vər-ˈlē-piŋ

Definition of overleap

1 : to leap over or across

2 : to defeat (oneself) by going too far

Recent Examples on the Web

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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