leap
verb (used without object)
to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump.
had leaped
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past perfectof leap.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By July of that year, it had leaped all the way to Réunion Island in the western Indian Ocean.
From Science Magazine ● May 28, 2024
He said that since the mandate was imposed, vaccination rates had leaped from about 43% of eligible Micronesians being fully vaccinated and 52% at least partially vaccinated to about 60% and 70%, respectively.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
The little trout turned out to be jumpers, and Walker would arrive to find some had leaped from their 50-gallon tank.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2021
Only about 12 yards from a goal line, Jones inexplicably stumbled and fell, as if an invisible defender had leaped and stretched and made a shoestring tackle.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 31, 2021
Here they’d been afraid something terrible was in store for them—instead, their mission had leaped forward!
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
