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outleap
[ out-leep ]
/ ˌaʊtˈlip /
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verb (used with object), out·leaped or out·leapt, out·leap·ing.
verb (used without object), out·leaped or out·leapt, out·leap·ing.
to leap forth.
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How to use outleap in a sentence
This is what one wishes for Mordax—that his heart and brain should restrain the outleap of roar and talons.
Impressions of Theophrastus Such|George EliotThe outleap of fury in the dagger-thrust had evidently exhausted him.
Romola|George Eliot