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overleap

verb
Quick answer

As a verb, overleap means leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.

Meanings of overleap

4 meanings

verb

  1. To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.

  2. To pass over; to omit, leave out.

  3. Defeat (oneself) by going too far

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. datedTo make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far.

    “I overleapt myself and stumbled.”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

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verb: jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
vault
verb: leave undone or leave out
neglectpretermitomitdropmissleave outoverlook

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