by leaps and bounds

1. Rapidly, or in fast progress, as in The corn is growing by leaps and bounds, or School enrollment is increasing by leaps and bounds. This term is a redundancy, since leap and bound both mean “spring” or “jump,” but the two words have been paired since Shakespeare's time and are still so used.

Example Sentences

With electricity demand increasing by leaps and bounds thanks to artificial intelligence, the company is busier than ever, maintaining aging power plants and modernizing their transmission lines.

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While AI has been growing by leaps and bounds, investors have wondered how that growth can be monetized, much like social media before it.

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We can see the effects of that at the ports — traffic grew by leaps and bounds over recent decades due to the explosive growth in trade with China and Southeast Asia, even though it’s currently threatened by President Trump’s preposterous tariff war.

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Her defense also improved by leaps and bounds, enough so that she was a finalist for defensive player of the year.

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And third – the technology has improved by leaps and bounds.

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