overleap

[ oh-ver-leep ]
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verb (used with object),o·ver·leaped or o·ver·leapt, o·ver·leap·ing.
  1. to leap over or across: to overleap a fence.

  2. to overreach (oneself) by leaping too far: to overleap oneself with ambition.

  1. to pass over or omit: to overleap important steps and reach erroneous conclusions.

  2. Archaic. to leap farther than; outleap.

Origin of overleap

1
before 900; Middle English overlepen,Old English oferhlēapan.See over-, leap

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